BIRDIE BRYAN BATES, 74, of Huntington, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2002, at St. Mary's Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4, 2002, at the Wallace Funeral Home and Chapel by Minister Bob Tucker and Minister Ronnie Wright. Burial will be in Oaklawn Memorial Park. She was born Oct. 2, 1928, in Lincoln County, a daughter of the late William M. and Della Reynolds Bryan. She was a retired employee of the Cabell County Board of Education. She was a member of the Order of Eastern Star #95 in Barboursville and a member
of Johns Creek Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by one son, Gary Melvin Bates. She is survived by her husband, Melvin Bates; one daughter, Melba Curry of Huntington; one granddaughter, Melanie Curry of Huntington; four sisters, Jean Wallace of Barboursville, Dorcas Dillard of Huntington, Reba Johnson and her husband Gail of Huntington and Mary Dillon of West Hamlin; three brothers-in-law, Cecil Bates, Ronnie Bates and his wife Shirley and Harless Bates and his wife Betty; five sisters-in-law, Esther Perry and her husband Keith, Garnet Blake, Sue Hensley and her husband Bruce, Iva Shaffer and her husband Junior and Carolyn Murphy and her husband Larry; and all of her "adopted" children and grandchildren that she loved so dearly.
BIRDIE BRYAN BATES, 74, of Huntington, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2002, at St. Mary's Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4, 2002, at the Wallace Funeral Home and Chapel by Minister Bob Tucker and Minister Ronnie Wright. Burial will be in Oaklawn Memorial Park. She was born Oct. 2, 1928, in Lincoln County, a daughter of the late William M. and Della Reynolds Bryan. She was a retired employee of the Cabell County Board of Education. She was a member of the Order of Eastern Star #95 in Barboursville and a member
of Johns Creek Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by one son, Gary Melvin Bates. She is survived by her husband, Melvin Bates; one daughter, Melba Curry of Huntington; one granddaughter, Melanie Curry of Huntington; four sisters, Jean Wallace of Barboursville, Dorcas Dillard of Huntington, Reba Johnson and her husband Gail of Huntington and Mary Dillon of West Hamlin; three brothers-in-law, Cecil Bates, Ronnie Bates and his wife Shirley and Harless Bates and his wife Betty; five sisters-in-law, Esther Perry and her husband Keith, Garnet Blake, Sue Hensley and her husband Bruce, Iva Shaffer and her husband Junior and Carolyn Murphy and her husband Larry; and all of her "adopted" children and grandchildren that she loved so dearly.
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