Age 77
Married
Occupation: Retired
Parents: Don't Know
Informant: Arthur Meriman
Cause: Chronic myocarditis, arteriosclerosis
Source: TN Death Certificate
Married Mrs. Mamie Williams Looney August 10 1899 in Shelby County Tennessee.
Passport application is the source of his birth information. Occupation was listed as Cotton Merchant.
Age 67
5'7"
Round forehead with blue eyes, straight nose, medium mouth, dimpled chin, gray hair, florid complexion and oval face.
The News Scimitar Memphis
April 25 1919
Deaths: Gates-at Gartly-Ramsay hospital Friday morning, April 25 1919, at 6:20 o'clock, William B. Gates. Funeral will take place from his residence, 516 Pontotoc avenue. Due notice of funeral will be given.
The News Scimitar Memphis
April 26 1919
Many friends and business acquaintances paid their last respects to the memory of the late William B. Gates Saturday afternoon when funeral services were held at the home, 516 Pontotoc avenue. Services were conducted by the Revs. Ben Cox and Nicholas M. Long, and interment was in Forest Hill cemetery. Mr. Gates, who was one of the prominent business men of Memphis and until his retirement six years ago, head of the cotton firm of Wm. B. Gates company, died Friday morning following a long illness.
Pallbearers were:
Active-Dr. Otis Ware, Dr. Henry C. Watkins, Noland Fontaine, Frank Hill, Gilmer Winston, S.M. Williamson, C.P.J. Mooney, Raiford Matthews and Thomas Flippin.
Honorary-Capt. Dennis Smith, W.J. Crawford, J.E. Beasley, J.T. Walsh, Noah Speers, Charles W. Metcalf Sr., Dan F. Elliotte, Capt J.C. Wyckoff, W.A. Collier and Thomas H. Jackson.
Virginia Gazette May 8 1919
Forbids Widow to Grieve for Him
Memphis, May 8--The will of W.B. Gates, Memphis merchant, probated here today, provides that his wife is to be cut out of her bequest if she puts flowers on his grave or wears mourning.
Married
Occupation: Retired
Parents: Don't Know
Informant: Arthur Meriman
Cause: Chronic myocarditis, arteriosclerosis
Source: TN Death Certificate
Married Mrs. Mamie Williams Looney August 10 1899 in Shelby County Tennessee.
Passport application is the source of his birth information. Occupation was listed as Cotton Merchant.
Age 67
5'7"
Round forehead with blue eyes, straight nose, medium mouth, dimpled chin, gray hair, florid complexion and oval face.
The News Scimitar Memphis
April 25 1919
Deaths: Gates-at Gartly-Ramsay hospital Friday morning, April 25 1919, at 6:20 o'clock, William B. Gates. Funeral will take place from his residence, 516 Pontotoc avenue. Due notice of funeral will be given.
The News Scimitar Memphis
April 26 1919
Many friends and business acquaintances paid their last respects to the memory of the late William B. Gates Saturday afternoon when funeral services were held at the home, 516 Pontotoc avenue. Services were conducted by the Revs. Ben Cox and Nicholas M. Long, and interment was in Forest Hill cemetery. Mr. Gates, who was one of the prominent business men of Memphis and until his retirement six years ago, head of the cotton firm of Wm. B. Gates company, died Friday morning following a long illness.
Pallbearers were:
Active-Dr. Otis Ware, Dr. Henry C. Watkins, Noland Fontaine, Frank Hill, Gilmer Winston, S.M. Williamson, C.P.J. Mooney, Raiford Matthews and Thomas Flippin.
Honorary-Capt. Dennis Smith, W.J. Crawford, J.E. Beasley, J.T. Walsh, Noah Speers, Charles W. Metcalf Sr., Dan F. Elliotte, Capt J.C. Wyckoff, W.A. Collier and Thomas H. Jackson.
Virginia Gazette May 8 1919
Forbids Widow to Grieve for Him
Memphis, May 8--The will of W.B. Gates, Memphis merchant, probated here today, provides that his wife is to be cut out of her bequest if she puts flowers on his grave or wears mourning.
Age 77
Married
Occupation: Retired
Parents: Don't Know
Informant: Arthur Meriman
Cause: Chronic myocarditis, arteriosclerosis
Source: TN Death Certificate
Married Mrs. Mamie Williams Looney August 10 1899 in Shelby County Tennessee.
Passport application is the source of his birth information. Occupation was listed as Cotton Merchant.
Age 67
5'7"
Round forehead with blue eyes, straight nose, medium mouth, dimpled chin, gray hair, florid complexion and oval face.
The News Scimitar Memphis
April 25 1919
Deaths: Gates-at Gartly-Ramsay hospital Friday morning, April 25 1919, at 6:20 o'clock, William B. Gates. Funeral will take place from his residence, 516 Pontotoc avenue. Due notice of funeral will be given.
The News Scimitar Memphis
April 26 1919
Many friends and business acquaintances paid their last respects to the memory of the late William B. Gates Saturday afternoon when funeral services were held at the home, 516 Pontotoc avenue. Services were conducted by the Revs. Ben Cox and Nicholas M. Long, and interment was in Forest Hill cemetery. Mr. Gates, who was one of the prominent business men of Memphis and until his retirement six years ago, head of the cotton firm of Wm. B. Gates company, died Friday morning following a long illness.
Pallbearers were:
Active-Dr. Otis Ware, Dr. Henry C. Watkins, Noland Fontaine, Frank Hill, Gilmer Winston, S.M. Williamson, C.P.J. Mooney, Raiford Matthews and Thomas Flippin.
Honorary-Capt. Dennis Smith, W.J. Crawford, J.E. Beasley, J.T. Walsh, Noah Speers, Charles W. Metcalf Sr., Dan F. Elliotte, Capt J.C. Wyckoff, W.A. Collier and Thomas H. Jackson.
Virginia Gazette May 8 1919
Forbids Widow to Grieve for Him
Memphis, May 8--The will of W.B. Gates, Memphis merchant, probated here today, provides that his wife is to be cut out of her bequest if she puts flowers on his grave or wears mourning.
Married
Occupation: Retired
Parents: Don't Know
Informant: Arthur Meriman
Cause: Chronic myocarditis, arteriosclerosis
Source: TN Death Certificate
Married Mrs. Mamie Williams Looney August 10 1899 in Shelby County Tennessee.
Passport application is the source of his birth information. Occupation was listed as Cotton Merchant.
Age 67
5'7"
Round forehead with blue eyes, straight nose, medium mouth, dimpled chin, gray hair, florid complexion and oval face.
The News Scimitar Memphis
April 25 1919
Deaths: Gates-at Gartly-Ramsay hospital Friday morning, April 25 1919, at 6:20 o'clock, William B. Gates. Funeral will take place from his residence, 516 Pontotoc avenue. Due notice of funeral will be given.
The News Scimitar Memphis
April 26 1919
Many friends and business acquaintances paid their last respects to the memory of the late William B. Gates Saturday afternoon when funeral services were held at the home, 516 Pontotoc avenue. Services were conducted by the Revs. Ben Cox and Nicholas M. Long, and interment was in Forest Hill cemetery. Mr. Gates, who was one of the prominent business men of Memphis and until his retirement six years ago, head of the cotton firm of Wm. B. Gates company, died Friday morning following a long illness.
Pallbearers were:
Active-Dr. Otis Ware, Dr. Henry C. Watkins, Noland Fontaine, Frank Hill, Gilmer Winston, S.M. Williamson, C.P.J. Mooney, Raiford Matthews and Thomas Flippin.
Honorary-Capt. Dennis Smith, W.J. Crawford, J.E. Beasley, J.T. Walsh, Noah Speers, Charles W. Metcalf Sr., Dan F. Elliotte, Capt J.C. Wyckoff, W.A. Collier and Thomas H. Jackson.
Virginia Gazette May 8 1919
Forbids Widow to Grieve for Him
Memphis, May 8--The will of W.B. Gates, Memphis merchant, probated here today, provides that his wife is to be cut out of her bequest if she puts flowers on his grave or wears mourning.
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