Barbara Bates

Barbara Nancy Jane Cox Bates, age 64, of Corbin, passed away on Friday, March 29, 2013, at Baptist Health Corbin. She was the beloved wife of George Isaac Bates, Sr. for 49 years, 5 months, 4 weeks, and 1 day before going to Heaven.
She was preceded in death by her parents, William David Cox and Rosa Evelyne Sharp Cox of Jellico, Tennessee; brother, William David Cox, Jr.; sister, Dorothy Hyslope; and a host of friends and loved ones who will be waiting with Jesus to greet her.
She is survived by her husband, George Isaac Bates, Sr.; her children: Dinah Bates Smith and husband Charles, George Bates Jr. and wife Lisa, Rosia Bates Wilson and husband Jerry, and Garry Bates and wife Felicia, all of Corbin; grandchildren: Sarah Jane Bates, Chasity Elaine Vanderpool and husband Travis, Kristan Nicole Wilson, George Isaac Bates III, Catherine Barbara Smith, Garry Isaac Bates, Jr., Kizzie Faye Wilson, Kristien LeeAnn Woolum and husband Christian; great-grandchildren: Sadie Grace Olivia Vanderpool, Noah Isaac Lee Vanderpool, Makinley Rose Barbara Vanderpool, Gabriel Isaac Anthony Wilson; siblings: Mary Jo Rowe and husband Roy, Evelyn Cheek, Martha Lemaster and husband Sam, James Cox, and George Earl Cox and wife Mary.
Serving as pallbearers will be Charlie Smith, Travis Vanderpool, Jerry Wilson, Bill Brock, Christian Woolum, and Quentin Broughton. Honorary pallbearers are George Bates III, Garry Bates Jr., and Mike Noe.
Visitation will be from 12 Noon on Tuesday, April 2, 2013, until the funeral at 2pm at the Vankirk-Grisell Funeral Home. Burial will be in the McFarland Cemetery in West Corbin.
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