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Violet <I>Sowers</I> Gates

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Violet Sowers Gates

Birth
Winn Parish, Louisiana, USA
Death
3 Mar 1998 (aged 89)
Winnfield, Winn Parish, Louisiana, USA
Burial
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WINNFIELD, LA -- Funeral services for Mrs. Violet Gates will be 11 a.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church with Dr. Calvin Phelps officiating. Burial will follow in the Winnfield City Cemetery under the direction of Southern Funeral Home.

Mrs. Gates, 89, of Winnfield, died Tuesday, March 3, 1998 at Winn Parish Medical Center. Mrs. Gates was a member of First Baptist Church where she was a member of the Sanctuary Choir, Keen Age Choir and a Sunday School teacher. She was a Winn Parish Elementary School teacher for 30 years. She was a member of Palestine Chapter #55 Order of the Eastern Star, Delta Kappa Gamma, and Sigma Sigma Sigma.

Mrs. Gates is survived by one son, Carroll Gates of Marietta, GA; one sister and brother-in-law, June Sowers Green and Leonard Green; two grandchildren, Frederick B. Gates of Loganville, GA and Leslie G. Bofill of Coral Springs, FL.

Friends may call in the funeral home Wednesday from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. and on Thursday from 8:30 a.m. until shortly before time of services.

Published in The Shreveport Times (LA), Thursday, March 5, 1998
WINNFIELD, LA -- Funeral services for Mrs. Violet Gates will be 11 a.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church with Dr. Calvin Phelps officiating. Burial will follow in the Winnfield City Cemetery under the direction of Southern Funeral Home.

Mrs. Gates, 89, of Winnfield, died Tuesday, March 3, 1998 at Winn Parish Medical Center. Mrs. Gates was a member of First Baptist Church where she was a member of the Sanctuary Choir, Keen Age Choir and a Sunday School teacher. She was a Winn Parish Elementary School teacher for 30 years. She was a member of Palestine Chapter #55 Order of the Eastern Star, Delta Kappa Gamma, and Sigma Sigma Sigma.

Mrs. Gates is survived by one son, Carroll Gates of Marietta, GA; one sister and brother-in-law, June Sowers Green and Leonard Green; two grandchildren, Frederick B. Gates of Loganville, GA and Leslie G. Bofill of Coral Springs, FL.

Friends may call in the funeral home Wednesday from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. and on Thursday from 8:30 a.m. until shortly before time of services.

Published in The Shreveport Times (LA), Thursday, March 5, 1998


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  • Created by: Ron Manley
  • Added: May 30, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53029596/violet-gates: accessed ), memorial page for Violet Sowers Gates (13 Dec 1908–3 Mar 1998), Find a Grave Memorial ID 53029596, citing Winnfield Cemetery, Winnfield, Winn Parish, Louisiana, USA; Maintained by Ron Manley (contributor 46788603).