Extracted from The Alexandria Daily Town Talk (Alexandria, LA)
Friday, October 21, 1994

Jayson E. Gates

URANIA -- Services for Jayson Eugene “Jay” Gates will be at 1 p.m. today in Urania Baptist Church with the Revs. Edward Smith and David Miller officiating. Burial will be in Olla Cemetery under direction of Kinner & Stevens, Jena.

Gates, 82, of Olla died at 3:15 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19, 1994, from injuries sustained in an automobile/train wreck in Olla.

Survivors include his wife, Janie V. Gates of Olla; two sons, Johnnie Gates of Vivian and Hollis Gates of Calhoun; three daughters, Barbara Smeby of Monroe, Kathleen Sikes of New Orleans and Jeanne Wilson of Urania; one sister, Ether McDaniel of Olla; 21 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.

Friends may call until time of services in the church.