We are sad to announce that on January 10, 2022 we had to say goodbye to Melba Louise Bates of Pomona, Missouri, born in Butler, Alabama. Family and friends can send flowers and/or light a candle as a loving gesture for their loved one. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Melba Louise Bates to show support.

She was predeceased by : her parents, Louis Henry and Jewel Christine Bennett Coburn; and her sister Jeanett Ina Coleson. She is survived by : her husband Keith Bates; her daughters, Debra Bergeron (Richard) and Kimberly Sanders (Robert); her grandchildren, Dana Comeaux, Randy Bergeron, Landon Sanders, Logan Sanders and Payton Sanders; her great grandchildren, Olivia, Christina and Espen; her sisters, Betty Kindrick, Evelyn Eddins and Cynthia Clemmons; her great grandchild Rodney Bergeron; and her brothers, James Coburn, Bill Coburn, Robert Coburn, Ronald Coburn and Joseph Coburn.

Funeral arrangement under the care of
Robertson-Drago Funeral Home