Thomas Hughes Bates Obituary

With heavy hearts, we announce the death of Thomas Hughes Bates (Edmond, Oklahoma). Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.

As we bid Thomas Hughes 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 Thomas Hughes is not truly gone, but merely transformed, his energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.

He was loved and cherished by many people including: his parents, R. J. Bates, Sr. and Myrtle Bates (Hughes); his sons, Thomas E. Bates (Marsha) and Gary W. Bates (Marian); and his grandchildren, Brian Bates (Vickie), Emily Marsh (Hunter), Natalie Rychecky (Thom), Meredith Thornton (Charles) and Brad Bates (Ashley).