Mary Ann Bates Garner Obituary
With profound sadness, we say goodbye to Mary Ann Bates Garner of Summertown, Tennessee, whose vibrant spirit touched the lives of many. Mary Ann Bates left this world on September 28, 2024 at the age of 82, leaving a void in the lives of so many people. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Mary Ann Bates Garner to show support.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Jesse Wilburn Bates, Sr. and Velvie Pauline Clayton Bates; her grandson Joshua Michael Edwards; and her brothers, Billy Gene Bates and Curtis Leon Bates.
She is survived by: her husband Joseph Darrell Luquer; her children, William Michael Jenkins and Melanie Denise Garner Edwards (Michael); her stepson Joseph Michael Luquer (Joanne); her siblings, Eloise Pauline Bates Stephens, Margaret Elizabeth Bates Alderson, Clara Nell Bates, Jesse Wilburn Bates, Jr. (Mary), Thomas Edwards Bates (Judy), Kenneth Joe Bates (Esther) and Donald Ray Bates (Kathy); her grandchildren, William Justin Jenkins (Nichole), James Malcolm Edwards, T. J. Luquer, Sarah Nicole Jenkins and Amber Luquer Ayres; and her great grandchildren, Brystol Maeve Jenkins, Ensley Belle Jenkins and Joseph Ayres.
Memorials may be given to Alzheimer's Association (https://www.alz.org).
