Willbon Brown Bates Obituary
With heavy hearts, we announce the death of Willbon Brown Bates (Gadsden, Alabama), who passed away on January 3, 2020 at the age of 63. Leave a sympathy message to the family on the memorial page of Willbon Brown Bates to pay them a last tribute.
She was predeceased by: her son Charles Edward Alan Bates; her mother Edith Covington Graff; her stepfather Edmund Graff; her father Joseph N. Brown; her mother-in-law Jean Richardson Bates; her siblings-in-law, Michelle Rene and Lyndon Seals; and her niece Farrah Seals.
She is survived by: her husband Richard Alan Bates; her sister Jenny Seals; her nephew Bradley Seals; her brother Ronnie Brown; her brother-in-law Greg Bates (Andrea); her nephews, Heath (Brittany) and Hunter Bates; her great-nephew Carter Bates; her brother-in-law Kenneth Lee Bates; and her close friends, Jo Clevenger, Gary Glidewell and Ray Russell.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Jude Children's Hospital or the Alabama Organ Center.
January 8, 2020
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