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Walter Lee “Smoothy” Bates Sr.

Birth: 23 Mar 1927
Centerville, Hickman County, Tennessee, USA
Death: 3 May 1990 (aged 63)
Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois, USA
Burial: Chatsworth-Charlotte Cemetery

Chatsworth, Livingston County, Illinois, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 40.7614365, Longitude: -88.2820358
Memorial ID: 119764533 View Source

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1930–1985 (m. 1948)

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Allen James Bates

Iola Josephine Parker Bates

Frances Amanda Sullivan Bates

Frances Bates Stephens

Viota Bates West

Allen James Bates Jr

Walter Lee "Wally" Bates Jr

Marvin Allen Bates

Bobby Joe Bates

Jimmy Dale Bates

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