Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Southern Funeral Home with the Rev. Jimmy Yocum officiating. Burial was in Sikes Cemetery.
A native of Sikes, Mrs. Gates was a member of the East Winnfield Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband, Robert Gates of Joyce; two sons, Edward Gates of Monroe and Hershel Gates of Las Vegas, Nev.; five daughters, Mrs. Essie Boles, Mrs. Vada Spangler, Mrs. Alma Sandifer, and Mrs. Gladys Lowery, all of Winnfield, and Mrs. Zella Hancock of Monroe; three sisters, Mrs. Alice Gates of Shreveport, Mrs. Ella Gates of Dodson, and Mrs. Emma Lee Jordan of Sikes; 30 grandchildren, 55 great grandchildren, and three great great grandchildren.
Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise News-American, July 1, 1971
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Southern Funeral Home with the Rev. Jimmy Yocum officiating. Burial was in Sikes Cemetery.
A native of Sikes, Mrs. Gates was a member of the East Winnfield Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband, Robert Gates of Joyce; two sons, Edward Gates of Monroe and Hershel Gates of Las Vegas, Nev.; five daughters, Mrs. Essie Boles, Mrs. Vada Spangler, Mrs. Alma Sandifer, and Mrs. Gladys Lowery, all of Winnfield, and Mrs. Zella Hancock of Monroe; three sisters, Mrs. Alice Gates of Shreveport, Mrs. Ella Gates of Dodson, and Mrs. Emma Lee Jordan of Sikes; 30 grandchildren, 55 great grandchildren, and three great great grandchildren.
Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise News-American, July 1, 1971
Family Members
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Essie Lee Gates Boles
1906–1992
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Vada Mae Gates Spangler
1908–1989
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Zella Elizabeth Gates Hancock
1909–2000
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Lessie Oleta Gates
1911–1913
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Hershel Sylvester Gates
1914–1978
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Alma Roberta Gates Sandifer
1917–2005
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Gladys Sara Gates Lowery
1921–2013
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Edward Robert "Ed" Gates
1925–1995
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Huey Lee Gates
1928–1968
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