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Gene Taylor Bates 1924–2002 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 9 Dec 1924

Birth Location: Goree, Knox, Texas, USA

Death Date: 2 May 2002

Death Location: Ventura, Ventura, California, USA

Father: Willis Bates

Mother: Palestine Hefner

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Gene Taylor Bates was born in 1924 in Goree, Knox, Texas, USA, the child of Willis Hubbard Bates And Palestine Hefner. Gene Taylor Bates passed away in 2002 in Ventura, Ventura, California, USA.

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Biography

  • Gene Taylor Bates was born in 1924 in Goree, Knox, Texas, USA, the child of Willis Hubbard Bates And Palestine Hefner.
  • Gene Taylor Bates passed away in 2002 in Ventura, Ventura, California, USA.

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Gene Bates's Ancestors

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Gene Bates
1924–2002
Birth Place: Goree, Knox, Texas, USA
Parents
Willis Hubbard Bates
1880–1961
Denton County, Texas, USA
Palestine Hefner
1887–1937
Andrews Chapel, Bosque, Texas, USA
Grandparents
Charles (Willis) Bates
1849–1920
Barren, Kentucky, USA
Mary (Elizabeth) Witt
1852–1947
Barren County, Kentucky, United States of America
Great-Grandparents
Willis Bates
1815–1892
Elizabeth Hawkins
1819–1900
John Witt
1811–1883
Eunice Slinker
1824–1909
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Reuben Bates
1771–1853
Nancy Edmunds
1784–1867

Gene Bates's Timeline

2 Records

1924
9 Dec 1924
Birth of Gene Taylor Bates in Goree, Knox, Texas, USA
Goree, Knox, Texas, USA
2002
2 May 2002
Age 78
Death of Gene Taylor Bates in Ventura, Ventura, California, USA
Ventura, Ventura, California, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 9 Dec 1924
    Event Place: Goree, Knox, Texas, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 May 2002
    Event Place: Ventura, Ventura, California, USA

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