Woodrow Bates, Sr, 90, of Kansas City, KS, passed away August 26, 2014. Visitation will begin at 1 PM Sunday at Maple Hill Funeral Home where the funeral service will be 2 PM Sunday. Burial in Beattyville, KY. The son of William David Bates and Pearl (McIntosh) Bates, was born on May 22, 1924, at Dry Fork in Owsley County, Kentucky. Woodrow, or Woody as his friends call him, served in the Navy during WW II. He married Pauline L. Mathis on February 9, 1943 and had seven children. Their second son, Harry E. Bates was killed in Vietnam on December 8, 1968. Woodrow was survived by one sister: Lillie May Falch, six children: Evertt F. Bates, Eads, TN; Beverly A. Bradshaw, Louden, TN; Mary V. Marcum, Guyton, GA: Woodrow Bates, Jr., Kansas City, KS; Stephanie M. Snider, Cincinnati, OH; Tina K. Sage, Louisville, KY; sixteen grandchildren and fifteen great-grandchildren. Woodrow was a jack-of-all-trades - and a master of most of them. The things he liked most in life were his children and fishing. (Well, the big one can rest knowing that it got away... for now!) We, his children, would like the world to know that we are proud to have had a man of such integrity and strong, never ending love as our earthly father. We love and thank you, Daddy. May you rest in peace in the arms of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, the son of God, the Father. Amen Maple Hill Funeral Home Cemetery. Family Owned Since 1945.
Published in Kansas City Star on Aug. 29, 2014
Woodrow Bates, Sr, 90, of Kansas City, KS, passed away August 26, 2014. Visitation will begin at 1 PM Sunday at Maple Hill Funeral Home where the funeral service will be 2 PM Sunday. Burial in Beattyville, KY. The son of William David Bates and Pearl (McIntosh) Bates, was born on May 22, 1924, at Dry Fork in Owsley County, Kentucky. Woodrow, or Woody as his friends call him, served in the Navy during WW II. He married Pauline L. Mathis on February 9, 1943 and had seven children. Their second son, Harry E. Bates was killed in Vietnam on December 8, 1968. Woodrow was survived by one sister: Lillie May Falch, six children: Evertt F. Bates, Eads, TN; Beverly A. Bradshaw, Louden, TN; Mary V. Marcum, Guyton, GA: Woodrow Bates, Jr., Kansas City, KS; Stephanie M. Snider, Cincinnati, OH; Tina K. Sage, Louisville, KY; sixteen grandchildren and fifteen great-grandchildren. Woodrow was a jack-of-all-trades - and a master of most of them. The things he liked most in life were his children and fishing. (Well, the big one can rest knowing that it got away... for now!) We, his children, would like the world to know that we are proud to have had a man of such integrity and strong, never ending love as our earthly father. We love and thank you, Daddy. May you rest in peace in the arms of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, the son of God, the Father. Amen Maple Hill Funeral Home Cemetery. Family Owned Since 1945.
Published in Kansas City Star on Aug. 29, 2014
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