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Extracted from The Winn Parish Enterprise News-American (Winnfield, LA)
Thursday, November 11, 1971

Mrs. F. Gates, Winn Native, Dies In Natchitoches

Mrs. Felton A. Gates, 42, of Natchitoches, died Wednesday, November 3, 1971.

Mrs. Gates was a native of Winn Parish.

Funeral services were held Friday at 10 a.m. in the Welcome Home Baptist Church near Winnfield with the Rev. D. W. Hudnall and the Rev. V. R. Presett officiating. Burial was in the Welcome Home Cemetery.

Survivors include her husband; two sons, Waynie Lynn Gates and Paul Douglas Gates, both of Natchitoches; one brother, Clifford Young of West Monroe; two sisters, Mrs. Joe B. Jordan of Winnfield and Mrs. James Broadway of Dodson; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Riley Young of Dodson.