Stan Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Vivian Ernestine Bates Canyon Vivian Ernestine Bates Vivian Ernestine Bates, 82, of Canyon died Wednesday, April 6, 2011, in Amarillo. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Memorial Park Cemetery East Mausoleum Chapel with Ralph Harmon of The Seventh-day Adventist Church of Amarillo. Entombment will be in Memorial Park East Mausoleum by Griggs-Schooler-Gordon Funeral Directors Pioneer Chapel, 5400 S. Bell St. Mrs. Bates was born Nov. 6, 1928, in Plainview. Vivian loved her family, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was a member of The Seventh-day Adventist Church of Amarillo. She was preceded in death by her parents, Ernest and Alta Hembree; two sons, Ernest Ray Bates and Kevin Michael Bates; a brother, Dr. James Worth Hembree; and a sister-in-law, Mildred Hembree. Survivors include two daughters, Sherrie Evans and husband Ben of Canyon and Deborah Chadwick of Amarillo; a daughter-in-law, Teresa Bates of Amarillo; a sister, Kathryn Poe of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; 14 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to Amarillo SPCA Society, P.O. Box 1014, Amarillo, TX 79105. The family will receive friends from 2 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Leave online condolences at www.griggsschoolergordon.com. Amarillo Globe-News, April 10, 2011 Source Quote If you receive benefit to being here please help out with expenses. https://www.paypal.me/clubadventist Administrator of a few websites like https://adventistdating.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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