Franklin County PA Archives Obituaries.....GATES, Taylor, 2003, Waynesboro, Franklin Co, PA ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Crystal Payne cpayne@planetcable.net Taylor Gates, 79 a resident of Manorcare Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, formerly of 8445 Fox Hill Road, Waynesboro Pa., died Thursday, April 17, 2003 at the nursing home. Born Nov 21, 1923, in Fox Hill, Pa, he was the son of the late George W. and Mary A. Tarman Gates. He attended Fox Hill School. He was employed by D. M. Wertz Orchards and then M. E. Knouse Orchards for more than 50 years retiring in 1988. He was a member of Eagles Club Inc. in Waynesoboro, the William Grove Steam Engine Association and Franklin County Sheriff's Association. He is survived by three sisters, Ardella Moats and Loretta McFerren, both of Waynesboro and Molly Harbaugh of Lantz, Md., two brothers, Leonard W. Gates and Stanley E. Gates both of Waynesboro and nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by two sisters May Powell and Luvella J. Freeman and a brother George G. Gates. Services will be Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at Grove-Bowersox Funeral Home, Waynesoboro. Lay Minister Charles Bowman will officiate. Burial will be in Mount Zion Cemetary, near Quincy, Pa. The family will receive friends Monday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home. _________