Zella M. Bates

	Zella M. Bates, 84, of Sesser, passed away at 9:45 a.m. Sunday, September 22, 2002 at Good Samaritan R.H.C. in Mt. Vernon.
	Mrs. Bates was a homemaker and a member of Bear Point Free Will Baptist Church.  She was also a member of the American Legion and V.F.W. Auxiliary and Eagles Auxiliary of Sesser.
	 She was born October 30, 1917 in Mulkeytown, the daughter of Archie and Lula (Vaughn) Spann.  She married Harry T. Bates and he preceded her in death.
	Surviving are children, Brenda Loucks of Sesser; grandchildren, Gerald Harle Jr. , Brian Wilson, and Jullie D. Miller; great-grandchildren, Kevin and Zachary Harle, Travis Miller, Heather, Jennifer and Richie Blacklock and Alexandria and Ashley Wilson; siblings, Pauline Berg of Mulkeytown, Helen Cockrum of Decatur, Marion (Tubby) Spann of Springfield and Viva Morgan of Jupiter, Florida.
	She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, two brothers, Cotton and Red Spann and one sister, Pearl Prior.
	Funeral services were Wednesday, September 25 at 11 a.m. at Bear Point Free Will Baptist Church in Sesser with Bro. Larry Cook officiating.  Interment was in Maple Hill Cemetery in Sesser.
	Friends called after 6 p.m. Tuesday at Brayfield-Gilbert Funeral Home in Sesser and from 10 a.m. until time of service on Wednesday at the church.
