Shelby  County  Indiana
Obituaries

Bate - Bates

The  Shelbyville  Republican
February 27, 1930
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FIND  C. B. BATES
DEAD  IN  WOODS
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Brother,  Neighbor  Discovered  Body
Wednesday  P.M.  on  Farm  East  of  City.
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HAD  BEEN  DEAD  26  HOURS
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Deceased  Stricken  With  Apoplexy  Coroner
Reports;  Had  Gone  to  Chop  Wood.
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          Charley Burl Bates,  age 62 years, was found dead about four o'clock Wednesday afternoon in the woods of the  John Tindall  farm, two and one-half miles east of Shelbyville near the Mt. Pisgah church, where he had gone Tuesday afternoon to cut wood.  The body was discovered by  William Bates,  a brother, and  Perry Rhodes, about twenty-six hours after death occurred according to the report of  Clyde Underwood, Shelby county coroner, which stated that death was due to apaplexy[sic].
          Mr. Bates had been living alone in Melterzerville since the death of his mother,  Mrs. Horace Bates,  which occurred eight weeks ago.  The brother and neighbors did not become alarmed when they did not see Mr. Bates about his home Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning as he was in the habit of visiting his sister, Mrs. Artie Edwards,  of Manilla, and other relatives for a day or two at a time.  When someone reported seeing him go into the woods about 12:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon a search was begun, and the body was found a short time afterwards on the Tindall farm.
          The deceased was born in Shelby county May 24, 1867 and was the son of  Mr. and Mrs. Horace Bates.  Besides the brother already mentioned he leaves two other brothers,  Harry Bates,  of Anderson; and  Bert Bates  of Shelby county; two sisters,  Mrs. Artie Edwards,  of Manilla; and  Mrs. Ollie Baker,  of Indianapolis.
          Mr. Bates had been a member of the Mt. Pisgah church for the past thirty-five years.
          The body was taken to the home in Meltzerville, where friends may call any time from five o'clock this evening until the hour of the funeral.  Funeral services will be conducted from the Mt. Pisgah church Friday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock, with the Rev. John Reese officiating.  Burial will be in the church cemetery in charge of Charles M. Ewing.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The  Shelby  Republican
January 3, 1930
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FUNERAL  SUNDAY.
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          Funeral services for  Mrs. Sarah Frances Bates,  whose death occurred Thursday morning at her home east of the city, will be in the church cemetery in charge of Charles M. Ewing.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The  Shelby  Republican
January 2, 1930
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DIED  TODAY  AT
HOME  NEAR  CITY
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Complication of Diseases
Causes Death of Mrs.
Sarah Frances Bates.
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EIGHTY-TWO  YEARS  OLD
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          A complication of diseases caused the death this morning at 10:30 o'clock of  Mrs. Sarah Frances Bates  at her home two and one-half miles east of Shelbyville on the Cynthian pike.
          Mrs. Bates was born in Scott county Kentucky, May 14, 1847 and was the daughter of  Mr. and Mrs. Green Burgess.  She was 82 years old at the time of death.
          The deceased is survived by two daughters,  Mrs. Arle Edwards,  of near Manilla, and  Mrs. Ollie Baker,  of Indianapolis; and four sons,  Harry Bates,  and  Anderson Herbert Bates,  of Shelbyville,  William Bates,  of Shelby county, and  Charles Bates,  at home.
          Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Charles M. Ewing.
[Buried in Mount Pisgah Cemetery.]
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The  Daily  Evening  Democrat
Shelbyville, Indiana
Wednesday, July 27, 1881
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          The five-year-old daughter of  Horace Bates,  of this township, died at five o'clock yesterday evening.  The remains were buried at Mt. Pisgah Church at ten o'clock this morning.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

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