Edgefield SC - Sarah Holmes Wates, 93, wife of the late Vernon Howard Wates, Sr. entered into rest at her latest home, Forest View Manor. Burial in Red Hill Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Wates was born in Edgefield County and was the daughter of the late James L. Dub and Emmie Bush Holmes. She was retired from Edgefield County Farm Bureau and a lifelong resident of Edgefield, also a longtime active member of Edgefield First Baptist Church and the American Legion Auxiliary. Survivors include two daughters, Ginny (Jimmy) Pardue, and Beth (Billy) Young; one daughter-in-law, Kitty Wates; five grandchildren, Vernon H. Bo (Robin) Wates III, Lee Wates, Katie (Junior) Pardue Johnson, Tal Young, and Mary Beth (Maurice) Young Hood; three great grandchildren, Dalton Wates, Tate and Vernon Johnson, and Noah Hood; one brother Floyd (Jean) Holmes, two sisters, Carolyn (JoJo) Doolittle, and Ethel (Harvey) Bussey Mears. She was predeceased by one son Vernon Howard Wates, Jr., and five sisters, and two brothers. Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home.
Edgefield SC - Sarah Holmes Wates, 93, wife of the late Vernon Howard Wates, Sr. entered into rest at her latest home, Forest View Manor. Burial in Red Hill Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Wates was born in Edgefield County and was the daughter of the late James L. Dub and Emmie Bush Holmes. She was retired from Edgefield County Farm Bureau and a lifelong resident of Edgefield, also a longtime active member of Edgefield First Baptist Church and the American Legion Auxiliary. Survivors include two daughters, Ginny (Jimmy) Pardue, and Beth (Billy) Young; one daughter-in-law, Kitty Wates; five grandchildren, Vernon H. Bo (Robin) Wates III, Lee Wates, Katie (Junior) Pardue Johnson, Tal Young, and Mary Beth (Maurice) Young Hood; three great grandchildren, Dalton Wates, Tate and Vernon Johnson, and Noah Hood; one brother Floyd (Jean) Holmes, two sisters, Carolyn (JoJo) Doolittle, and Ethel (Harvey) Bussey Mears. She was predeceased by one son Vernon Howard Wates, Jr., and five sisters, and two brothers. Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home.
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