Claude Howard "Biggen" Gates

1929 - 2015  (86 years)

• Name	Claude Howard "Biggen" Gates
  Born	3 Aug 1929
  Gender	Male
  Died	8 Dec 2015	Muskogee, Oklahoma   [1]
  Buried	11 Dec 2015	Gates Family Cemetery, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma   [2]
  Person ID	I425540	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2016

  
  

  Father	Claude Gates
  Mother	Frances
  Family ID	F169878	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Fannie RoseAnn "Rosie" Montgomery,   b. 16 May 1938, Gore, Oklahoma ,   d. 29 Apr 2013, Muskogee, Oklahoma  (Age 74 years)
  Married	10 Sep 1955
  Children	1. Tom Gates + 2. Johnny Claude Gates,   b. 24 Dec 1958, Muskogee, Oklahoma ,   d. 13 Apr 2016  (Age 57 years)   3. Jim Gates   4. Ron Gates   5. Mark Gates   6. Tracy Gates   7. Forrest Gates   8. William Gates   9. Nancy Gates   10. Barbara Gates   11. Terry Gates   12. Angela Gates + 13. Misty Ann Gates,   b. 29 May 1975,   d. 31 Oct 2011  (Age 36 years)
  Family ID	F169855	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S142] Newspaper Article, Muskogee Daily Phoenix and Times Democrat (OK), 9 Dec 2015. Claude Howard "Biggen" Gates , 86 , from Gore (Gum Springs) passed away Tuesday, December 8, 2015 in Muskogee, OK. Claude was born March 18, 1929 to Claude and Frances Gates . On September 10, 1955 Claude married Rose Montgomery. They spent 58 years together and raised 13 children. Claude loved his wife, his children, farm life, raising cattle, bailing hay, reading and doing leather work with Rose. Claude is preceded in death by his wife Rose; daughter Misty Johnson; 2 brothers J. R. and Chester Gates ; and 1 sister Doris Rowe. Claude leaves behind to cherish his memories, 8 sons, Tom Gates and wife Nancy of Haltom City, TX, Jim Gates and wife Donna of Gore, Johnny Gates and wife Patti of Stilwell, Ron Gates and wife Teresa of Gore, Mark Gates and wife Dana of Gore, Tracy Gates of Gore, Forrest Gates and wife Tonya of Gore, William Gates and wife Jill of Gore; 4 daughters, Nancy Teafatiller and husband Calvin of Webbers Falls, Barbara James and husband John of Gore, Terry Box and husband Glen of Gore, Angela Fults and husband Cliff of Gore; 31 Grandchildren; 33 Great-grandchildren; 1 brother Doyle Gates of Bellingham, WA; 1 sister, Delores Seay of Gore; and friends too numerous to list. Graveside Services will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, December 11, 2015 at Gates Family Cemetery in Gore, OK under the direction of Hibbs Funeral Home. Claude will be deeply missed. [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 155834663).