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Robert Roy Gates

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Robert Roy Gates

Birth
Sikes, Winn Parish, Louisiana, USA
Death
17 Jan 1973 (aged 86)
Winnfield, Winn Parish, Louisiana, USA
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Funeral services for Robert R. Gates, 86, of Joyce, were held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Southern Funeral Home with Revs. Jimmy Yocum and J. L. Holt officiating. Burial was in Sikes Cemetery.

Mr. Gates died Wednesday, January 17, 1973 in a local hospital after a short illness. He was a Sikes native, a retired employee of the La. Department of Highways, and a member of East Winnfield Baptist Church.

Survivors include two sons, Hershal [sic Hershel] Gates of Oregon and Edward R. Gates of Monroe; five daughters, Mrs. Essie Boles, Mrs. Vada Spangler, and Mrs. Gladys Lowery, all of Joyce, Mrs. Zella Hancock of Monroe and Mrs. Alma Sandifer of Winnfield; two brothers, Sam Gates of Dodson and Oliver Gates of Winnfield; one half-brother, Dewey Gates of West Monroe; two half-sisters, Mrs. Jewel Holloway of Monroe and Mrs. Letha Busby of Crowville; 24 grandchildren, 54 great grandchildren, and four great-great grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Jimmy Ray Spangler, Mike Power, Cleve Parent, Donnie Ray Womack, Glen Mathews, and Dennis Bartley.

Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise News-American, January 24, 1973
Funeral services for Robert R. Gates, 86, of Joyce, were held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Southern Funeral Home with Revs. Jimmy Yocum and J. L. Holt officiating. Burial was in Sikes Cemetery.

Mr. Gates died Wednesday, January 17, 1973 in a local hospital after a short illness. He was a Sikes native, a retired employee of the La. Department of Highways, and a member of East Winnfield Baptist Church.

Survivors include two sons, Hershal [sic Hershel] Gates of Oregon and Edward R. Gates of Monroe; five daughters, Mrs. Essie Boles, Mrs. Vada Spangler, and Mrs. Gladys Lowery, all of Joyce, Mrs. Zella Hancock of Monroe and Mrs. Alma Sandifer of Winnfield; two brothers, Sam Gates of Dodson and Oliver Gates of Winnfield; one half-brother, Dewey Gates of West Monroe; two half-sisters, Mrs. Jewel Holloway of Monroe and Mrs. Letha Busby of Crowville; 24 grandchildren, 54 great grandchildren, and four great-great grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Jimmy Ray Spangler, Mike Power, Cleve Parent, Donnie Ray Womack, Glen Mathews, and Dennis Bartley.

Published in The Winn Parish Enterprise News-American, January 24, 1973

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