Earnest Alvin (Hoot) Bates, age 85, passed away Tuesday, May 31 at his home in Dermott. He was born December 3, 1925 in the Trafalgar community.
He retired from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission in 1991 at the age of 66 as a wildlife area manager over Cutoff Creek Management area, served as a paratrooper for the 82nd airborne during WWII, was a Mason and member of the Portland Masonic Lodge 499 and member of the Portland Order of the Eastern Star, and a deacon of Collins Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by his parents Earnest Allen and Florence Dingler Bates; his first wife, Helen Gwin Bates and his second wife, Edith McEwen Bates; two brothers, Marion and Geral Bates and a sister, Sally Bates Battle.
Survivors include three sons, Jimmy Bates of Trafalgar, Gene Bates and wife Judy of Hamburg, Dale Bates and wife Dianna of Monticello; a daughter Donna Watts and husband Kevin of McGehee, a step-son Grover McEwen and wife Sharon of Dermott; two brothers, Elvin and T.R. Bates of Monticello; three sisters, Hattie Mae Reynolds of Jerome, Cattie Mae Lemley of Dermott, and Louise Robinson of Cabot; six grandchildren, Amie Kielwasser, Haley Birdyshaw, Ben and Landon Bates, William and Nathan Watts; two step-grandchildren, Laura Leigh Johnson and Tarrell McEwen; four great-grandchildren, William, Helen Claire and Georgie Anna Kielwasser, and Olivia Birdyshaw; three step-great grandchildren, Jayden Johnson, Jennifer and Hector McEwen; and a host of friends and relatives.
Gathering of Friends & Family
Stephenson-Dearman Funeral Home
943 Highway 425 North
Monticello , AR 71657
6/5/2011 at 3:00 PM
Trafalgar Cemetery
Collins Line Rd.
Dermott, AR 71638
He retired from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission in 1991 at the age of 66 as a wildlife area manager over Cutoff Creek Management area, served as a paratrooper for the 82nd airborne during WWII, was a Mason and member of the Portland Masonic Lodge 499 and member of the Portland Order of the Eastern Star, and a deacon of Collins Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by his parents Earnest Allen and Florence Dingler Bates; his first wife, Helen Gwin Bates and his second wife, Edith McEwen Bates; two brothers, Marion and Geral Bates and a sister, Sally Bates Battle.
Survivors include three sons, Jimmy Bates of Trafalgar, Gene Bates and wife Judy of Hamburg, Dale Bates and wife Dianna of Monticello; a daughter Donna Watts and husband Kevin of McGehee, a step-son Grover McEwen and wife Sharon of Dermott; two brothers, Elvin and T.R. Bates of Monticello; three sisters, Hattie Mae Reynolds of Jerome, Cattie Mae Lemley of Dermott, and Louise Robinson of Cabot; six grandchildren, Amie Kielwasser, Haley Birdyshaw, Ben and Landon Bates, William and Nathan Watts; two step-grandchildren, Laura Leigh Johnson and Tarrell McEwen; four great-grandchildren, William, Helen Claire and Georgie Anna Kielwasser, and Olivia Birdyshaw; three step-great grandchildren, Jayden Johnson, Jennifer and Hector McEwen; and a host of friends and relatives.
Gathering of Friends & Family
Stephenson-Dearman Funeral Home
943 Highway 425 North
Monticello , AR 71657
6/5/2011 at 3:00 PM
Trafalgar Cemetery
Collins Line Rd.
Dermott, AR 71638
Earnest Alvin (Hoot) Bates, age 85, passed away Tuesday, May 31 at his home in Dermott. He was born December 3, 1925 in the Trafalgar community.
He retired from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission in 1991 at the age of 66 as a wildlife area manager over Cutoff Creek Management area, served as a paratrooper for the 82nd airborne during WWII, was a Mason and member of the Portland Masonic Lodge 499 and member of the Portland Order of the Eastern Star, and a deacon of Collins Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by his parents Earnest Allen and Florence Dingler Bates; his first wife, Helen Gwin Bates and his second wife, Edith McEwen Bates; two brothers, Marion and Geral Bates and a sister, Sally Bates Battle.
Survivors include three sons, Jimmy Bates of Trafalgar, Gene Bates and wife Judy of Hamburg, Dale Bates and wife Dianna of Monticello; a daughter Donna Watts and husband Kevin of McGehee, a step-son Grover McEwen and wife Sharon of Dermott; two brothers, Elvin and T.R. Bates of Monticello; three sisters, Hattie Mae Reynolds of Jerome, Cattie Mae Lemley of Dermott, and Louise Robinson of Cabot; six grandchildren, Amie Kielwasser, Haley Birdyshaw, Ben and Landon Bates, William and Nathan Watts; two step-grandchildren, Laura Leigh Johnson and Tarrell McEwen; four great-grandchildren, William, Helen Claire and Georgie Anna Kielwasser, and Olivia Birdyshaw; three step-great grandchildren, Jayden Johnson, Jennifer and Hector McEwen; and a host of friends and relatives.
Gathering of Friends & Family
Stephenson-Dearman Funeral Home
943 Highway 425 North
Monticello , AR 71657
6/5/2011 at 3:00 PM
Trafalgar Cemetery
Collins Line Rd.
Dermott, AR 71638
He retired from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission in 1991 at the age of 66 as a wildlife area manager over Cutoff Creek Management area, served as a paratrooper for the 82nd airborne during WWII, was a Mason and member of the Portland Masonic Lodge 499 and member of the Portland Order of the Eastern Star, and a deacon of Collins Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by his parents Earnest Allen and Florence Dingler Bates; his first wife, Helen Gwin Bates and his second wife, Edith McEwen Bates; two brothers, Marion and Geral Bates and a sister, Sally Bates Battle.
Survivors include three sons, Jimmy Bates of Trafalgar, Gene Bates and wife Judy of Hamburg, Dale Bates and wife Dianna of Monticello; a daughter Donna Watts and husband Kevin of McGehee, a step-son Grover McEwen and wife Sharon of Dermott; two brothers, Elvin and T.R. Bates of Monticello; three sisters, Hattie Mae Reynolds of Jerome, Cattie Mae Lemley of Dermott, and Louise Robinson of Cabot; six grandchildren, Amie Kielwasser, Haley Birdyshaw, Ben and Landon Bates, William and Nathan Watts; two step-grandchildren, Laura Leigh Johnson and Tarrell McEwen; four great-grandchildren, William, Helen Claire and Georgie Anna Kielwasser, and Olivia Birdyshaw; three step-great grandchildren, Jayden Johnson, Jennifer and Hector McEwen; and a host of friends and relatives.
Gathering of Friends & Family
Stephenson-Dearman Funeral Home
943 Highway 425 North
Monticello , AR 71657
6/5/2011 at 3:00 PM
Trafalgar Cemetery
Collins Line Rd.
Dermott, AR 71638
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