John Earl Bates Obituary
It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved John Earl Bates (Sylacauga, Alabama), who passed away, on January 1, 2019. Family and friends can send flowers and/or light a candle as a loving gesture for their loved one. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of John Earl Bates to show support.
He was predeceased by: his wife Beatrice Bates; his daughter Joann Bates; his parents, John Bates and Rachel Lucille Bates; and his siblings, Joseph Melvine Bates, Byrum Bates, Ernest Bates, Kenneth Bates, Catherine Horton, Becky Coyer and Joan Robinson.
He is survived by: his children, Willie Earl Bates, Fay Bowden (Mike) and Mae Goswick (Jeff); his sister Judy McDonald; and his grandchildren, Nicole Wood (Ryan), Michael Bowden (Rebekka), Sherilyn Bowden Hannah and Pamela Denty (Roman).
