Individual Details
Leslie Edward Bates
(23 Mar 1920 - 6 Aug 1986)
He was a retired furniture store owner. He was an Army veteran of World War II and a member of the Disabled American Veterans.
He was survived by his father, Alfrey Bates; his wife, Maxine (Bolin) Bates of Burnside, Kentucky; his sons, Vernon Bates of Somerset, Kentucky and David Bates of Cincinnati, Ohio; his daughters, Wilma Bates of Cincinnati, Ohio, Sharon Bates of Mississippi, Linda Bates of Indiana, Carol Denham of Somerset, Kentucky, Barbara Denham of Somerset, Kentucky, and Shirley Mercer of Burnside, Kentucky; his sisters, Wilma Risch of Cincinnati, Ohio, Alta Bedinghous of Cincinnati, Ohio, Wanda Geannunzio of Mt. Clemons, Michigan, Loraine Duchatuea of Mt. Clemons, Michigan, Lola Hill of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Lena Flynn of Somerset, Kentucky, and Pauline Moody of Florida; several grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Josie (Winchester) Bates; and his former wife, Virgie (Davis) Bates.
Funeral services were held on Saturday, August 9, 1986 at Grave Hill Baptist Church with Reverend J.S. New officiating.
Pulaski Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Obituary information from the Commonwealth Journal, Somerset, Kentucky - August 1986.
Spouse: Maxine Bolin Bates 1925–1988
Events
| Birth | 23 Mar 1920 | Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky | |||
| Census (family)-shared | 4 Apr 1930 | (Alfrey Taylor Bates and Josephine Ellen "Josie" Winchester) Jackson, Hancock County, Indiana |  |  | |
| Census (family)-shared | 16 Apr 1940 | (Alfrey Taylor Bates and Josephine Ellen "Josie" Winchester) Pulaski County, Kentucky | | | |
| Death | 6 Aug 1986 | Sommerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky | | ||
| Obituary | 8 Aug 1986 | Kentucky | |||
| Burial | Grave Hill Cemetery, Tateville, Pulaski County, Kentucky | |
Families
| Father | Alfrey Taylor Bates (1896 - 1989) |
| Mother | Josephine Ellen "Josie" Winchester (1898 - 1941) |
| Sibling | Lola Jane Bates (1922 - 1992) |
| Sibling | Lena Viola Bates (1923 - ) |
| Sibling | Alta Marie Bates (1926 - 2016) |
| Sibling | Pauline Thursey Bates (1929 - ) |
| Sibling | Bernetta Loraine Bates (1932 - 1990) |
| Sibling | Wanda Bates (1934 - 2013) |
| Sibling | Wilma Josephine Bates (1936 - 2012) |
Notes
Census (family)-shared
Alfrey Bates Head M 34 Kentucky - Laborer, general farmJosie Bates Wife F 33 Kentucky
Leslie Bates Son M 9 Kentucky
Lola Bates Daughter F 7 Kentucky
Lena Bates Daughter F 6 Indiana
Alta Bates Daughter F 3 Indiana
Pauline Bates Daughter F 1 Indiana
Census (family)-shared
Afrey Bates Head M 42 Kentucky - Laborer, lumber yardJosie Bates Wife F 42 Kentucky
Leslie Bates Son M 18 Kentucky - Laborer, road construction C.C.C.
Lola Bates Daughter F 17 Kentucky
Lena Bates Daughter F 16 Indiana
Alta Bates Daughter F 13 Indiana
Pauline Bates Daughter F 11 Indiana
Lorine Bates Daughter F 8 Indiana
Wanda Bates Daughter F 5 Indiana
Wilma Bates Daughter F 3 Ohio
Endnotes
1. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHMG-FVY : accessed 3 July 2018), Leslie Bates in household of Alfrey Bates, Jackson, Hancock, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 13, sheet 1B, line 98, family 27, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 591; FHL microfilm 2,340,326..
2. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHMG-FVY : accessed 3 July 2018), Leslie Bates in household of Alfrey Bates, Jackson, Hancock, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 13, sheet 1B, line 98, family 27, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 591; FHL microfilm 2,340,326..
3. "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7YR-98W : accessed 4 July 2018), Lena Bates in household of Afrey Bates, Magisterial District 8, Pulaski, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 100-35, sheet 12A, line 33, family 191, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1352..
4. "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JL7B-H3X : 19 May 2014), Leslie Bates, Aug 1986; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing)..
5. Find A Grave Memorial 147187256.