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- Lon Charles “Bear” Bates Jr.
BIRTH 31 Jul 1900
McMinn County, Tennessee, USA
DEATH 21 Feb 1967 (aged 66)
Rome, Floyd County, Georgia, USA
BURIAL East View Cemetery
Rome, Floyd County, Georgia, USA
PLOT Section C, Lot 550, Grave 2
MEMORIAL ID
L. C. (Lon) Bates Jr., 66, of 715 E. Second Ave., died Tuesday following an attack suffered earlier.
Mr. Bates was born in McMinnville County, Tenn. July 31, 1900, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Lon Charles Bates. He had spent the greater part of his life in Floyd County and was a retired textile employe.
Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Martha Clesi, of Tampa, Fla.; Mrs,. Mary Sharp, of Penescola, Fla.; Mrs. Cordelia Gresham, of Rome; two sons, Ollie A. Bates, of Tampa; John Bates, of Rome; two brothers, Elbert Bates, of Buckley, Calif. and Ollie Bates of Rome; 16 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in the DeSoto Park Baptist Church with the Rev. Joe Kelley officiating. Interment will be in East View Cemetery with the Henderson-Frazier Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Pallbearers include John Henry Cash, J. L. Gay, Roy Hardin, Burt Snow, Nicky Shores, Lon Stretitman, M. M. Ely.
The body will lie in state at the residence until time for services.
TWO-ROME NEWS-TRIBUNE
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 22, 1967
Gravesite Details
Interment 2/24/1967
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1900 - 1967 (66 years)
