Age 80. Beloved wife of the late Billy Bates. Loving mother of Billy Bates Jr. and the late Gwendolyn Bates. Dear sister of Naretta Howell and Charles McSurley. Dearest grandmother of Jennifer (Jose) Cosme, Eric Hanley, Shawna (James) Russell, Christopher (Jennifer) Lopez, and Vanessa Bates. Dear great grandmother of Jose Jr., Jalina, Gwendolynne, James IV, Josiah, Jaylynn, and Messiah.
Visitation Sunday September 24, 2017 1:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Funeral Monday September 25, 2017 11:00 a.m. at the funeral home. Interment Woodmere Cemetery.