Trenton, TN - Funeral services for Fred Thomas Bates, age 91, will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, December 6, 2012 at Shelton Funeral Home Chapel, with Brent Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Walnut Grove Cemetery.
Mr. Bates, a retired employee of Brown Shoe Co., and a member of the Trenton Church of Christ, enjoyed the monthly church singings and word search; he passed away on Monday, December 3, 2012 at Trenton Place Nursing Home.
He is survived by two sons, Wayne Bates (Connie) of Trenton, TN and Jerry Bates (Paula) of Wynonia, MS; five grandchildren, Ginny Bendure (Noel), Janna Rios (Erick), Graham Bates (Jessica), Lynette Chastain (Aaron), Cathy Bates and five great-grandchildren, Ericka and Kyla Rios, Judd and Luke Chastain, and Josiah Bates
He was preceded in death by his wife, Maurine Wade Bates; and parents, John Taylor Bates and America Ann Downey Bates.
Published in The Jackson Sun on December 5, 2012
Trenton, TN - Funeral services for Fred Thomas Bates, age 91, will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, December 6, 2012 at Shelton Funeral Home Chapel, with Brent Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Walnut Grove Cemetery.
Mr. Bates, a retired employee of Brown Shoe Co., and a member of the Trenton Church of Christ, enjoyed the monthly church singings and word search; he passed away on Monday, December 3, 2012 at Trenton Place Nursing Home.
He is survived by two sons, Wayne Bates (Connie) of Trenton, TN and Jerry Bates (Paula) of Wynonia, MS; five grandchildren, Ginny Bendure (Noel), Janna Rios (Erick), Graham Bates (Jessica), Lynette Chastain (Aaron), Cathy Bates and five great-grandchildren, Ericka and Kyla Rios, Judd and Luke Chastain, and Josiah Bates
He was preceded in death by his wife, Maurine Wade Bates; and parents, John Taylor Bates and America Ann Downey Bates.
Published in The Jackson Sun on December 5, 2012
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