Daughter of Elden and Mildred Bates (step-father John Mavris)
Wife of Marvin Cole, marrying on June 22, 1957
Billie Bernadine Bates Cole of Lake Jackson, Texas, passed away Friday, March 7, 2014. She was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to Mildred and Eldon Bates. Eldon Bates passed away when Billie was very young. John Mavris married her widowed mother and became the only father she ever really knew and loved.
Billie married Marvin Cole on June 22, 1957, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and she worked to help put him through college. They moved to Lake Jackson in 1962 when Marvin started his career at Dow. Billie chose to devote her time to caring for her family. She found joy raising her three children and later enjoyed her grandchildren. Her priorities were God first, family second, others next and self last.
Billie loved serving others. She taught Sunday School classes for children and youth for many years at The First Baptist Church of Lake Jackson. She served in the 11th grade department for 23 years as Outreach Director. She then coordinated social events and outreach for the Adult V Sunday School Department as long as she was able. Later when illness prevented her from serving God in traditional ways, she made a point to share the Gospel with the various health professionals with whom she came in contact at the dialysis clinic, doctors’ offices, and hospitals.
Billie had many creative interests. For many years she decorated wedding cakes that were as beautiful as they were delicious. She enjoyed learning to paint and dearly loved the ladies in Dolores Reynolds painting class. For several years her Christmas cards featured one of her own paintings from that year. She also enjoyed painting ceramics and taught a ceramics class. A gifted seamstress, Billie was able to make everything from little girl’s dresses to men’s suits and tuxedos. Most recently she crafted quilts for her grandchildren to be enjoyed for generations to come.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Mildred Mavris; her biological father, Eldon Bates; and a brother, Bernard Carl Bates.
She is survived by her husband of 56 years, Marvin Cole, of Lake Jackson; father, John Mavris, of Lake Jackson; daughter, Diana Cole Henderson and husband, Charles, of Lubbock, Texas; son, Michael Cole and wife, Suzanne, of Chickamauga, Georgia; and grandchildren, Rebecca Henderson Seekatz and husband, Brian, Rachael Henderson, Caroline Henderson, Michael R. Cole, Jennifer Cole, Makayla Cole, and Bethany Cole.
(Brazosport Facts, Clute, Texas, Mar 11, 2014)
Wife of Marvin Cole, marrying on June 22, 1957
Billie Bernadine Bates Cole of Lake Jackson, Texas, passed away Friday, March 7, 2014. She was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to Mildred and Eldon Bates. Eldon Bates passed away when Billie was very young. John Mavris married her widowed mother and became the only father she ever really knew and loved.
Billie married Marvin Cole on June 22, 1957, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and she worked to help put him through college. They moved to Lake Jackson in 1962 when Marvin started his career at Dow. Billie chose to devote her time to caring for her family. She found joy raising her three children and later enjoyed her grandchildren. Her priorities were God first, family second, others next and self last.
Billie loved serving others. She taught Sunday School classes for children and youth for many years at The First Baptist Church of Lake Jackson. She served in the 11th grade department for 23 years as Outreach Director. She then coordinated social events and outreach for the Adult V Sunday School Department as long as she was able. Later when illness prevented her from serving God in traditional ways, she made a point to share the Gospel with the various health professionals with whom she came in contact at the dialysis clinic, doctors’ offices, and hospitals.
Billie had many creative interests. For many years she decorated wedding cakes that were as beautiful as they were delicious. She enjoyed learning to paint and dearly loved the ladies in Dolores Reynolds painting class. For several years her Christmas cards featured one of her own paintings from that year. She also enjoyed painting ceramics and taught a ceramics class. A gifted seamstress, Billie was able to make everything from little girl’s dresses to men’s suits and tuxedos. Most recently she crafted quilts for her grandchildren to be enjoyed for generations to come.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Mildred Mavris; her biological father, Eldon Bates; and a brother, Bernard Carl Bates.
She is survived by her husband of 56 years, Marvin Cole, of Lake Jackson; father, John Mavris, of Lake Jackson; daughter, Diana Cole Henderson and husband, Charles, of Lubbock, Texas; son, Michael Cole and wife, Suzanne, of Chickamauga, Georgia; and grandchildren, Rebecca Henderson Seekatz and husband, Brian, Rachael Henderson, Caroline Henderson, Michael R. Cole, Jennifer Cole, Makayla Cole, and Bethany Cole.
(Brazosport Facts, Clute, Texas, Mar 11, 2014)
Daughter of Elden and Mildred Bates (step-father John Mavris)
Wife of Marvin Cole, marrying on June 22, 1957
Billie Bernadine Bates Cole of Lake Jackson, Texas, passed away Friday, March 7, 2014. She was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to Mildred and Eldon Bates. Eldon Bates passed away when Billie was very young. John Mavris married her widowed mother and became the only father she ever really knew and loved.
Billie married Marvin Cole on June 22, 1957, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and she worked to help put him through college. They moved to Lake Jackson in 1962 when Marvin started his career at Dow. Billie chose to devote her time to caring for her family. She found joy raising her three children and later enjoyed her grandchildren. Her priorities were God first, family second, others next and self last.
Billie loved serving others. She taught Sunday School classes for children and youth for many years at The First Baptist Church of Lake Jackson. She served in the 11th grade department for 23 years as Outreach Director. She then coordinated social events and outreach for the Adult V Sunday School Department as long as she was able. Later when illness prevented her from serving God in traditional ways, she made a point to share the Gospel with the various health professionals with whom she came in contact at the dialysis clinic, doctors’ offices, and hospitals.
Billie had many creative interests. For many years she decorated wedding cakes that were as beautiful as they were delicious. She enjoyed learning to paint and dearly loved the ladies in Dolores Reynolds painting class. For several years her Christmas cards featured one of her own paintings from that year. She also enjoyed painting ceramics and taught a ceramics class. A gifted seamstress, Billie was able to make everything from little girl’s dresses to men’s suits and tuxedos. Most recently she crafted quilts for her grandchildren to be enjoyed for generations to come.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Mildred Mavris; her biological father, Eldon Bates; and a brother, Bernard Carl Bates.
She is survived by her husband of 56 years, Marvin Cole, of Lake Jackson; father, John Mavris, of Lake Jackson; daughter, Diana Cole Henderson and husband, Charles, of Lubbock, Texas; son, Michael Cole and wife, Suzanne, of Chickamauga, Georgia; and grandchildren, Rebecca Henderson Seekatz and husband, Brian, Rachael Henderson, Caroline Henderson, Michael R. Cole, Jennifer Cole, Makayla Cole, and Bethany Cole.
(Brazosport Facts, Clute, Texas, Mar 11, 2014)
Wife of Marvin Cole, marrying on June 22, 1957
Billie Bernadine Bates Cole of Lake Jackson, Texas, passed away Friday, March 7, 2014. She was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to Mildred and Eldon Bates. Eldon Bates passed away when Billie was very young. John Mavris married her widowed mother and became the only father she ever really knew and loved.
Billie married Marvin Cole on June 22, 1957, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and she worked to help put him through college. They moved to Lake Jackson in 1962 when Marvin started his career at Dow. Billie chose to devote her time to caring for her family. She found joy raising her three children and later enjoyed her grandchildren. Her priorities were God first, family second, others next and self last.
Billie loved serving others. She taught Sunday School classes for children and youth for many years at The First Baptist Church of Lake Jackson. She served in the 11th grade department for 23 years as Outreach Director. She then coordinated social events and outreach for the Adult V Sunday School Department as long as she was able. Later when illness prevented her from serving God in traditional ways, she made a point to share the Gospel with the various health professionals with whom she came in contact at the dialysis clinic, doctors’ offices, and hospitals.
Billie had many creative interests. For many years she decorated wedding cakes that were as beautiful as they were delicious. She enjoyed learning to paint and dearly loved the ladies in Dolores Reynolds painting class. For several years her Christmas cards featured one of her own paintings from that year. She also enjoyed painting ceramics and taught a ceramics class. A gifted seamstress, Billie was able to make everything from little girl’s dresses to men’s suits and tuxedos. Most recently she crafted quilts for her grandchildren to be enjoyed for generations to come.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Mildred Mavris; her biological father, Eldon Bates; and a brother, Bernard Carl Bates.
She is survived by her husband of 56 years, Marvin Cole, of Lake Jackson; father, John Mavris, of Lake Jackson; daughter, Diana Cole Henderson and husband, Charles, of Lubbock, Texas; son, Michael Cole and wife, Suzanne, of Chickamauga, Georgia; and grandchildren, Rebecca Henderson Seekatz and husband, Brian, Rachael Henderson, Caroline Henderson, Michael R. Cole, Jennifer Cole, Makayla Cole, and Bethany Cole.
(Brazosport Facts, Clute, Texas, Mar 11, 2014)
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