Hollis A. 'Muley' Bates
NEW LONDON - Services for Hollis A. 'Muley' Bates, 77, of New London, will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 19, 2003, at the Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home Chapel in Overton with the Rev. Atwell Hankins officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Rusk County under the direction of Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home in Overton.
Mr. Bates died Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2003, in a Henderson hospital. He was born June 4, 1926, in Electra, to the late Raymond Allen 'Jack' & Jennie Florence Jackson Bates.
Mr. Bates had lived in East Texas for most of his life, worked as a driller in the East Texas oil fields and was a Baptist. He married Geneva McAdoo Nov. 20, 1948, in Overton. He was a veteran of World War II, serving on the aircraft carrier USS Commencement Bay.
Family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Dec, 18, 2003, at the funeral home.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a grandson, Chase Allen Bates in 1984.
Survivors include: his wife of 55 years, Geneva Bates of New London; three sons and two daughters-in-law, Mike & Glenda Bates of Overton, Don & Debbie Bates of New London and Larry Bates of Overton; three brothers and sisters-in-law, Murt & Connie Bates of New London, Freddie & Jerry Bates of Longview and Jimmy & Joanie Bates of Henderson; seven sisters and brothers-in-law, Johnnie & Jerry Stallings of Vidalia, La., Mollie & Nubbin Fuller of Longview, Jennie Lynn & Kenneth Ballard and Patsy & Thomas Anderson, all of Houston, Dixie & Dennis Duncan of Kilgore, Charlotte & Bobby Martin of Pleasant Hill and Debbie & Randy Martin of Troup; eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Clint Bates, Shawn Bates, Trevor Bates, Murt Bates, Freddie Bates and Jimmie Bates.
Honorary pallbearers will be his grandchildren.
Henderson Daily News
Thursday, December 18, 2003
NEW LONDON - Services for Hollis A. 'Muley' Bates, 77, of New London, will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 19, 2003, at the Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home Chapel in Overton with the Rev. Atwell Hankins officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Rusk County under the direction of Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home in Overton.
Mr. Bates died Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2003, in a Henderson hospital. He was born June 4, 1926, in Electra, to the late Raymond Allen 'Jack' & Jennie Florence Jackson Bates.
Mr. Bates had lived in East Texas for most of his life, worked as a driller in the East Texas oil fields and was a Baptist. He married Geneva McAdoo Nov. 20, 1948, in Overton. He was a veteran of World War II, serving on the aircraft carrier USS Commencement Bay.
Family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Dec, 18, 2003, at the funeral home.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a grandson, Chase Allen Bates in 1984.
Survivors include: his wife of 55 years, Geneva Bates of New London; three sons and two daughters-in-law, Mike & Glenda Bates of Overton, Don & Debbie Bates of New London and Larry Bates of Overton; three brothers and sisters-in-law, Murt & Connie Bates of New London, Freddie & Jerry Bates of Longview and Jimmy & Joanie Bates of Henderson; seven sisters and brothers-in-law, Johnnie & Jerry Stallings of Vidalia, La., Mollie & Nubbin Fuller of Longview, Jennie Lynn & Kenneth Ballard and Patsy & Thomas Anderson, all of Houston, Dixie & Dennis Duncan of Kilgore, Charlotte & Bobby Martin of Pleasant Hill and Debbie & Randy Martin of Troup; eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Clint Bates, Shawn Bates, Trevor Bates, Murt Bates, Freddie Bates and Jimmie Bates.
Honorary pallbearers will be his grandchildren.
Henderson Daily News
Thursday, December 18, 2003
Hollis A. 'Muley' Bates
NEW LONDON - Services for Hollis A. 'Muley' Bates, 77, of New London, will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 19, 2003, at the Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home Chapel in Overton with the Rev. Atwell Hankins officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Rusk County under the direction of Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home in Overton.
Mr. Bates died Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2003, in a Henderson hospital. He was born June 4, 1926, in Electra, to the late Raymond Allen 'Jack' & Jennie Florence Jackson Bates.
Mr. Bates had lived in East Texas for most of his life, worked as a driller in the East Texas oil fields and was a Baptist. He married Geneva McAdoo Nov. 20, 1948, in Overton. He was a veteran of World War II, serving on the aircraft carrier USS Commencement Bay.
Family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Dec, 18, 2003, at the funeral home.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a grandson, Chase Allen Bates in 1984.
Survivors include: his wife of 55 years, Geneva Bates of New London; three sons and two daughters-in-law, Mike & Glenda Bates of Overton, Don & Debbie Bates of New London and Larry Bates of Overton; three brothers and sisters-in-law, Murt & Connie Bates of New London, Freddie & Jerry Bates of Longview and Jimmy & Joanie Bates of Henderson; seven sisters and brothers-in-law, Johnnie & Jerry Stallings of Vidalia, La., Mollie & Nubbin Fuller of Longview, Jennie Lynn & Kenneth Ballard and Patsy & Thomas Anderson, all of Houston, Dixie & Dennis Duncan of Kilgore, Charlotte & Bobby Martin of Pleasant Hill and Debbie & Randy Martin of Troup; eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Clint Bates, Shawn Bates, Trevor Bates, Murt Bates, Freddie Bates and Jimmie Bates.
Honorary pallbearers will be his grandchildren.
Henderson Daily News
Thursday, December 18, 2003
NEW LONDON - Services for Hollis A. 'Muley' Bates, 77, of New London, will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 19, 2003, at the Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home Chapel in Overton with the Rev. Atwell Hankins officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Rusk County under the direction of Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home in Overton.
Mr. Bates died Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2003, in a Henderson hospital. He was born June 4, 1926, in Electra, to the late Raymond Allen 'Jack' & Jennie Florence Jackson Bates.
Mr. Bates had lived in East Texas for most of his life, worked as a driller in the East Texas oil fields and was a Baptist. He married Geneva McAdoo Nov. 20, 1948, in Overton. He was a veteran of World War II, serving on the aircraft carrier USS Commencement Bay.
Family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Dec, 18, 2003, at the funeral home.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a grandson, Chase Allen Bates in 1984.
Survivors include: his wife of 55 years, Geneva Bates of New London; three sons and two daughters-in-law, Mike & Glenda Bates of Overton, Don & Debbie Bates of New London and Larry Bates of Overton; three brothers and sisters-in-law, Murt & Connie Bates of New London, Freddie & Jerry Bates of Longview and Jimmy & Joanie Bates of Henderson; seven sisters and brothers-in-law, Johnnie & Jerry Stallings of Vidalia, La., Mollie & Nubbin Fuller of Longview, Jennie Lynn & Kenneth Ballard and Patsy & Thomas Anderson, all of Houston, Dixie & Dennis Duncan of Kilgore, Charlotte & Bobby Martin of Pleasant Hill and Debbie & Randy Martin of Troup; eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Clint Bates, Shawn Bates, Trevor Bates, Murt Bates, Freddie Bates and Jimmie Bates.
Honorary pallbearers will be his grandchildren.
Henderson Daily News
Thursday, December 18, 2003
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