- Harold A. Bates left this world to be with the Lord on Tuesday, September 17, 2002.
He was born October 1, 1934 on the family farm in Somerset, Kentucky, to the late William and Olga Placke Bates. For the past 30 years he has lived in Oregon. He was an avid outdoorsman, a member of First Baptist Church, and retired from Santa Fe-Southern Pacific Pipelines after 35 years of service.
He is survived by his wife, Nancy; his five children, Eddie Bates, Alaska, Sherri Roy, California, David Bates, Alaska, Douglas Mott, Washington, and Natalie D'Angelo, Washington; and seven grandchildren.
Harold had 13 brothers and sisters. He is preceded in death by brothers, Alton Bates, William "Short" Bates, Jr., and James Jefferson "Jeff" Bates. Many of his remaining brothers and sisters still live in the Somerset area. They include, Leta Bobbitt, Roberta Cundiff, Robert Bates, Effie Callahan, Ola Jasper, Dorothy Gilliam, Johnnie Bates of Florida, Marie Sowder, Edna Mae Compton, and Edward Bates of Louisville; and a host of nieces and nephews who mourn his passing.
Visitation will be held Sunday, September 20, from 6 until 9 p.m. at Pulaski Funeral Home, and after 1 p.m. Monday at the church.
A Christian funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, September 23, at the Beacon Hill Baptist Church and burial will follow in the Rock Lick Cemetery.
Pulaski Funeral Home is entrusted with all funeral arrangements.
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1934 - 2002 (67 years)
