Earnestine Gates Obituary

It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Earnestine Gates (Fairfax, Oklahoma), who passed away on May 18, 2025, at the age of 77, leaving to mourn family and friends. 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 Earnestine Gates to show support.

She was predeceased by: her father Curtis Waters; her daughter Vernadette Barnes; her sister Pamela; her brother-in-law Robert Bullock; and her brothers, Eugene Stevenson and Charles Johnson.

She is survived by: her mother Catherine Williams; her aunt Mildred House; her uncle Curtis Williams; her sisters, Sherry Clark, Paula Thomas (Virgil) and Veronica Williams; her sister-in-law Jane Stevenson; her children, Jerome Barnes, Pierre McKinney and Tarae McDonald; and her grandchildren, Kortnee Turpin (Ethan), Jade Hawkins, Brianna Barnes, Baron Barnes and Keon McKinney.

She was a faithful member of Followers of Christ Baptist Church, and after the pandemic, she continued to listen every Sunday.