Chester Larry Bates Sr. (1950-2007)

BATES, MUSKTHEL, TOMLINSON, MCFALL, KAHN, BRUNE, CLARK

Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 9/1/2007 at 20:25:28

THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Friday, August 31, 2007.

Feb. 27, 1950-Aug. 28, 2007.

Chester Larry Bates Sr., 57, husband of Noreen McFall Bates, died Tuesday, Aug. 28. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 2, at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Roebuck, S.C., with the Rev. Jim Oliver presiding. Local funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 7, at Hamilton East Funeral Home in Des Moines, with burial in Laurel Hill Cemetery in Des Moines.

Chester Larry Bates Sr. was born Feb. 27, 1950, in Des Moines, the son of Doris Tomlinson Muskthel, of Spartanburg, S.C., and the late Charles Daniel Bates. He was employed in construction, attended Bethlehem Baptist Church and loved to go fishing with his grandchildren.

In addition to his wife of 39 years and his mother, he is survived by one son, Chester Larry Bates Jr., of Huxley; one daughter, Melinda Kay Kahn and husband, Matthew, of Moore, S.C.; three brothers, Donald Bates of Gerald, Mo., Byron Bates of Marietta, Ga., and Danny Bates; two sisters, Gina Brune, of Leslie, Mo., and Linda Clark; and five grandchildren, Jonathan Daniel Kahn, Kathryn Marie Kahn and LeighAnn Rae Kahn, all of Moore, S.C., and Laura Jeanne Bates and Audrey Josephine Bates, of Huxley.

He was predeceased by one son, Jeremy Matthew Bates.

The family will receive friends from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 1, at Dunbar Funeral Home in Spartanburg, S.C. The family also will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 6, at Hamilton East Funeral Home in Des Moines.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Larry Bates Funeral Fund, c/o Bethlehem Baptist Church, P.O. Box 229, Roebuck, SC 29376.

Condolences may be expressed to the family online at www.lanforddunbar.com.

Dunbar Funeral Home and Crematory of Spartanburg S.C., is in charge of arrangements.

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