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GRADY BATES
1943 - 2011

Services for Grady Bates, Sr. will be at 2:30PM, Saturday, August 6, 2011 at Trinity Baptist Church, Pineville with Rev. Buddy Martin officiating. Visitation will be from 6PM until 9PM, Friday, August 5, 2011 and from 12:00, Saturday until time of service at Trinity Baptist Church. Interment will be at Welcome Home Cemetery, Grayson, LA under the direction of Magnolia Funeral Home, Alexandria, LA.

Grady Bates, Sr., 68, passed away Wednesday, August 3, 2011 at the VA Medical Center.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Florence McKeithen Bates and Bill Bates; and brother, Garland Allen Bates.

He is survived by his sons, Grady Bates, II and wife Christi, and Timothy Bates and wife Amy; daughter, Sarah Nathan and husband Kash; step children, Theresa Hastings Carbo, Mike Hastings and Jan Hastings Ganey; four grandchildren; John Allen Bates, Sadie Bates, Lyndsey Bates and Rayna Bates; many step grandchildren; brothers, Otis Bates, Randy Bates and wife Donna; numerous other family and friends.

He loved his Lord and savior Jesus Christ and we are comforted that he is rejoicing with him now.