John Gray Bates, 91 year old Confederate veteran of Otto, died at his home Wednesday, July 13, 1932. The funeral was to be held Thursday afternoon at Coweeta Baptist Church with the Rev. E. R. Eller, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Franklin, officiating. Burial will be in the Coweeta Church Cemetery.
He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Alice Carpenter, of Toccoa and by four sons; Elbert Bates of Washington State, H. J. Bates of Otto, Rufus Daniel Bates of Texas and Samuel Melborn Bates of Georgia.
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John Gray Bates was a member of CO B, 39th NC Inf. in the Confederate Army.
John and Martha Bates had nine children in all.
He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Alice Carpenter, of Toccoa and by four sons; Elbert Bates of Washington State, H. J. Bates of Otto, Rufus Daniel Bates of Texas and Samuel Melborn Bates of Georgia.
Notes
John Gray Bates was a member of CO B, 39th NC Inf. in the Confederate Army.
John and Martha Bates had nine children in all.
John Gray Bates, 91 year old Confederate veteran of Otto, died at his home Wednesday, July 13, 1932. The funeral was to be held Thursday afternoon at Coweeta Baptist Church with the Rev. E. R. Eller, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Franklin, officiating. Burial will be in the Coweeta Church Cemetery.
He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Alice Carpenter, of Toccoa and by four sons; Elbert Bates of Washington State, H. J. Bates of Otto, Rufus Daniel Bates of Texas and Samuel Melborn Bates of Georgia.
Notes
John Gray Bates was a member of CO B, 39th NC Inf. in the Confederate Army.
John and Martha Bates had nine children in all.
He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Alice Carpenter, of Toccoa and by four sons; Elbert Bates of Washington State, H. J. Bates of Otto, Rufus Daniel Bates of Texas and Samuel Melborn Bates of Georgia.
Notes
John Gray Bates was a member of CO B, 39th NC Inf. in the Confederate Army.
John and Martha Bates had nine children in all.
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