Emma Lorene Cates Obituary
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Emma Lorene Cates of Columbia, Tennessee, who passed away on September 1, 2021, at the age of 80, leaving to mourn family and friends. Family and friends can send flowers and condolences in memory of the loved one. Leave a sympathy message to the family on the memorial page of Emma Lorene Cates to pay them a last tribute.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Dossie Homer Cates and Mandy Louella Baker Cates; her husband William Cates; her daughter Juantia Faye Cates; her siblings, Paul Cates, Lonnie B. Cates and Betty Botelho; her stepsons, Wayne Cates and Floyd Cates; and her grandson Charles Kelley.
She is survived by: her children, Wanda Green (Robert) of Mulliken, MI, Jerry Cates of Maury County, TN, Terry Cates (Pamela) of Ethridge, TN, Joyce Wren of Columbia, TN, Glenda Haskins (Jeff) of Joelton, TN, Wilma Geary (Joe) of Michigan and Angela "Tina" Morrison (Joe) of Nashville, TN; her stepson Bill Cates of Texas; and her brother James Cates of Lewisburg, TN. She is also survived by twenty three grandchildren, seventy-one great grandchildren, and twenty great great grandchildren.
