Charles Nickells Gates Obituary

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Charles Nickells Gates of Odessa, Texas, who passed away on October 7, 2024, at the age of 82, leaving to mourn family and friends. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.

As we bid Charles farewell, let us not mourn the absence of his physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of his spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For Charles is not truly gone, but merely transformed, his energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.

He was predeceased by: his former wife Norvela Wood; and his son Stephen. He is survived by: his caregiver Barbara; his wife Barbara; and his brother Ralph Thompson.