Eugene Clarence Bates Obituary
With profound sadness, we say goodbye to Eugene Clarence Bates of Fort Smith, Arkansas, whose vibrant spirit touched the lives of many. Eugene Clarence left this world on June 4, 2025 at the age of 86, leaving a void in the lives of so many people. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.
As we bid Eugene Clarence farewell, let us not mourn the absence of his physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of his spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For Eugene Clarence is not truly gone, but merely transformed, his energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.
He was predeceased by: his parents, Clarence Bates, and Bertha Bates, Jr. (Treichel). He is survived by: his wife Linda Bates; his children, Doty Allen of Fort Smith, Heather Young of Kankakee, IL, Tara K. King of Mansfield, Amy Minden of Mansfield, Tyrun Bates of Moro, AR and Todd O'Donnell of Fort Smith; and his sisters, Marilyn Pyle of Sedona, AZ and Phyllis Nordquist of Camarillo, CA. He is also survived by eighteen grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
