1918
Jessie
2009
Jessie Lee Gates
October 26, 1918 — May 29, 2009
Jessie Lee Gates
Mulhearn Funeral Home
West Monroe, LA
Services for Mrs. Jessie Lee Gates, 90, will be at 3:00 PM Sunday, May 31, 2009 at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church, West Monroe with Rev. Everett Geis, Sr. and Rev. Rick McPhearson officiating. Interment will follow at Mt. Vernon Church Cemetery under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, West Monroe.
Mrs. Gates was born October 26, 1918 in Vincent, AL and went to be with her Lord on May 29, 2009 in West Monroe, LA. She was a retired cafeteria manager of Woodlawn School and was a member of Mt. Vernon Baptist Church since 1952 where she attended faithfully when she was able. Mrs. Gates was preceded in death by her husband, Lee Gates; parents, Tom and Leona Bishop; nine brothers and two sisters.
She is survived by her sons, Walter and wife Verda, Ed and wife Velda, William “Bill”, and Robert and wife Candy; eight grandchildren; four step grandchildren; sixteen great grandchildren; four great great grandchildren; sisters-in-law, Shirley Gates, Trudy Bishop, and Ruth Bishop; and numerous nieces and nephews.
One of her favorite pastimes was going to the Senior Center in West Monroe to play bingo and dominoes with friends which she did as long as she was able to drive her car. She also loved to fish. In her later years, one of us boys would take her down to the pond by her house where she would sit in a chair on the bank and catch bream as long as they would bite.
We would like to say a big “thank you” to the wonderful folks at the West Monroe Guest House and Hospice Care of Louisiana for being so kind and helpful during Mom’s last few days and especially to all of the care from her DSW’s and Supervisors of Home Assistance Services for the last four years. Special recognition for Milla, her Home Assistance help from the Ukraine, who cared for her like her mother.
Pallbearers will be her grandsons: Mike, John, Stacy, Chris, Randy, and Scott.
Visitation will be from 2:00 PM until service time Sunday at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church, West Monroe.
Memorials may be made to Mt. Vernon Baptist Church.
Mulhearn Funeral Home
West Monroe, LA
Services for Mrs. Jessie Lee Gates, 90, will be at 3:00 PM Sunday, May 31, 2009 at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church, West Monroe with Rev. Everett Geis, Sr. and Rev. Rick McPhearson officiating. Interment will follow at Mt. Vernon Church Cemetery under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, West Monroe.
Mrs. Gates was born October 26, 1918 in Vincent, AL and went to be with her Lord on May 29, 2009 in West Monroe, LA. She was a retired cafeteria manager of Woodlawn School and was a member of Mt. Vernon Baptist Church since 1952 where she attended faithfully when she was able. Mrs. Gates was preceded in death by her husband, Lee Gates; parents, Tom and Leona Bishop; nine brothers and two sisters.
She is survived by her sons, Walter and wife Verda, Ed and wife Velda, William “Bill”, and Robert and wife Candy; eight grandchildren; four step grandchildren; sixteen great grandchildren; four great great grandchildren; sisters-in-law, Shirley Gates, Trudy Bishop, and Ruth Bishop; and numerous nieces and nephews.
One of her favorite pastimes was going to the Senior Center in West Monroe to play bingo and dominoes with friends which she did as long as she was able to drive her car. She also loved to fish. In her later years, one of us boys would take her down to the pond by her house where she would sit in a chair on the bank and catch bream as long as they would bite.
We would like to say a big “thank you” to the wonderful folks at the West Monroe Guest House and Hospice Care of Louisiana for being so kind and helpful during Mom’s last few days and especially to all of the care from her DSW’s and Supervisors of Home Assistance Services for the last four years. Special recognition for Milla, her Home Assistance help from the Ukraine, who cared for her like her mother.
Pallbearers will be her grandsons: Mike, John, Stacy, Chris, Randy, and Scott.
Visitation will be from 2:00 PM until service time Sunday at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church, West Monroe.
Memorials may be made to Mt. Vernon Baptist Church.
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