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Shelby Pleasant “Shell” Bates

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Shelby Pleasant “Shell” Bates

Birth
Hazel Green, Madison County, Alabama, USA
Death
18 Sep 1990 (aged 94)
Coffee County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Hazel Green, Madison County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
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Funeral services were held Friday afternoon in the chapel of the Gallant Funeral Home in Hazel Green, Ala., for Shelby P (Shell)Bates of Hazel Green, who died Tuesday (Sept. 18, 1990) in Tullahoma. He was 94.

The Rev. Grady Kilpatrick officiated and burial followed in the New Sharon Cemetery in Madison County, Ala.

A native of Madison County, he was the son of the late George Alexander and Laura Caldonnie Street Bates. He was a farmer, an Army Veteran of World War I and a member of the American Legion. He was married to the late Lila P. Bates.

Survivors include six daughters, Alice Smith of Houston, Tex., Jenell Tucker of Tullahoma, Dora Warren of Lynchburg, Gertrude Quick of Taft, Claudia Moran and Evelyn Rozell both of Hazel Green; seven sons, Hollis Bates of Lynchburg, Paul Bates of Valdosta, Ga., Thomas Bates of Flintville, Tn., Jeff Bates of Cullman, Ala., Roy Bates of Ardmore, Ala., David Bates and Jimmie Bates both of Hazel Green, Ala., a sister Ola Pogue of Taft; 34 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.

The Elk Valley Times
Sept 1990
Funeral services were held Friday afternoon in the chapel of the Gallant Funeral Home in Hazel Green, Ala., for Shelby P (Shell)Bates of Hazel Green, who died Tuesday (Sept. 18, 1990) in Tullahoma. He was 94.

The Rev. Grady Kilpatrick officiated and burial followed in the New Sharon Cemetery in Madison County, Ala.

A native of Madison County, he was the son of the late George Alexander and Laura Caldonnie Street Bates. He was a farmer, an Army Veteran of World War I and a member of the American Legion. He was married to the late Lila P. Bates.

Survivors include six daughters, Alice Smith of Houston, Tex., Jenell Tucker of Tullahoma, Dora Warren of Lynchburg, Gertrude Quick of Taft, Claudia Moran and Evelyn Rozell both of Hazel Green; seven sons, Hollis Bates of Lynchburg, Paul Bates of Valdosta, Ga., Thomas Bates of Flintville, Tn., Jeff Bates of Cullman, Ala., Roy Bates of Ardmore, Ala., David Bates and Jimmie Bates both of Hazel Green, Ala., a sister Ola Pogue of Taft; 34 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.

The Elk Valley Times
Sept 1990


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  • Originally Created by: margaret
  • Added: Feb 20, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85229564/shelby_pleasant-bates: accessed ), memorial page for Shelby Pleasant “Shell” Bates (29 Nov 1895–18 Sep 1990), Find a Grave Memorial ID 85229564, citing New Sharon Cemetery, Hazel Green, Madison County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by SsjD (contributor 48849350).