It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Jesse Duel Bates (Whitesburg, Kentucky), who passed away at the age of 81, on December 1, 2022. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.

He was predeceased by : his parents, Martin Van Buren and Agnes Halcomb Bates; his son Donald Robert Bates; and his brothers, Finley Bates, Lenville Bates and Sonny Bates.

He is survived by : his wife Pauline Williams Bates; his children, Marie Bates Holbrook of Ermine, Cindy Eldridge of Mayking and Jesse Lee Bates of Whitesburg; his sisters, Pearlie Bates of Thornton and Maggie Stewart of McRoberts; and his grandchildren, Margaret Holbrook, Ricky Holbrook, Cody Bates, Damon Bates, Kaitlyn Snyder, Blake Bates, Kayla Riley, Kristin Eldridge, Kierra Bates and Jesse Duel Bates.

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Funeral arrangement under the care of
Letcher Funeral Home Inc.