Odell M. Gates

Services for Odell M. Gates were at 11 a.m. Friday Jan. 27 at First Baptist Church of Dry Prong with Rev. Lloyd Whitman, Glenn Marr and Jimmy Bryant officiating. Burial was in Dry Prong Cemetery.

Mr. Gates, 76, of Dry Prong passed away Wednesday, January 24th at Rapides General Hospital.

He was a long time deacon at First Baptist Church, Dry Prong. He was a retired business administrator for Centeral State Hospital and former chief accountant for Louisiana Baptist Convention. He was a native of Grant Parish

Mr. Gates was preceeded in death by his parents, George Madison Gates and Ollie Buckelew Gates, one Brother L.S Gates, Two sisters, Zora Gates Welch and Georgia Gates Mott.

Those left to cherish his memory are his wife, Vera Arrington Gates, one son, Gary W. Gates, two grandchildren, Carl and Kathy Gates, one brother, Nelson Gates and one sister, Una Gates Lanier.

Pallbearers were: Carl Gates, Sonny Cox, Melvin Brunson, Mark Newton, Robert Wallace, and Rev. Jimmy Bryant. Honorary pallbearers were the deacons of First Baptist Church, Dry Prong.