Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at Higgins Funeral Home for Bertha Lee Bates Vann of Fayetteville, who died Friday (March 23, 1990) in Huntsville Hospital following a long illness. She was 61.
Bob Leonard officiated. Burial followed in Stewart Cemetery.
A native of Lincoln County, she was the daughter of the late William Curtis and Dora Eunice Spray Bates and a member of the North Side Church of Christ.
She is survived by her husband, Jordan Vann of Fayetteville; a son, Jack Vann of Fayetteville; five sisters: Loreana Pierce; Shirley Curlee; Conda Evans; and Peggy Bartlett, all of Fayetteville; and Dorothy Bennett of Flintville; two brothers, Paul Bates of Fayetteville and William Bates of Shreveport, Louisiana.; three step-daughters: Trudy Owens, Joyce Milner and Judy McClain, all of Huntsville; three stepsons, James Marcus Vann, Jordan Vann Jr., and Jerry Wilson Vann, all of Huntsville; 12 step-grandchildren and seven step-grandchildren.
Source:
The Elk Valley Times
Fayetteville, Tennessee
Wednesday, March 28, 1990
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at Higgins Funeral Home for Bertha Lee Bates Vann of Fayetteville, who died Friday (March 23, 1990) in Huntsville Hospital following a long illness. She was 61.
Bob Leonard officiated. Burial followed in Stewart Cemetery.
A native of Lincoln County, she was the daughter of the late William Curtis and Dora Eunice Spray Bates and a member of the North Side Church of Christ.
She is survived by her husband, Jordan Vann of Fayetteville; a son, Jack Vann of Fayetteville; five sisters: Loreana Pierce; Shirley Curlee; Conda Evans; and Peggy Bartlett, all of Fayetteville; and Dorothy Bennett of Flintville; two brothers, Paul Bates of Fayetteville and William Bates of Shreveport, Louisiana.; three step-daughters: Trudy Owens, Joyce Milner and Judy McClain, all of Huntsville; three stepsons, James Marcus Vann, Jordan Vann Jr., and Jerry Wilson Vann, all of Huntsville; 12 step-grandchildren and seven step-grandchildren.
Source:
The Elk Valley Times
Fayetteville, Tennessee
Wednesday, March 28, 1990
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