Ben M. Cates^{[1, 2]}

1919 - 2001  (82 years)

• Name	Ben M. Cates
  Born	21 Apr 1919	Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Census	1930	District 10, Cocke County, Tennessee   [3]
  Died	9 Aug 2001	Hartford, Tennessee   [4, 5, 6]
  Buried	Hugh L. Clark Family Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee   [7]
  Person ID	I77100	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2017

  
  

  Father	Isaac Tillman "Ike" Cates,   b. 25 Apr 1885, Tennessee ,   d. 4 May 1973  (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Effie Mae Laws,   b. 4 May 1887, Tennessee ,   d. 14 Feb 1962  (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F30726	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Helen B. Clark,   b. 29 Nov 1928, Tennessee ,   d. 19 Dec 2016  (Age 88 years)
  Children	+ 1. Robert Harold "Bob" Cates,   b. 26 Oct 1947,   d. 21 Jun 2009, University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee  (Age 61 years) + 2. Gordon Cates
  Family ID	F30734	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 21 Apr 1919 - Tennessee Died - 9 Aug 2001 - Hartford, Tennessee Buried - - Hugh L. Clark Family Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 54, 116, 159. [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 19 Dec 2004. Hugh L. Clark obituary [S112] Census, 1930. name: Ben Cates event: Census event date: 1930 event place: District 10, Cocke, Tennessee gender: Male age: 10 marital status: Single race: White birthplace: Tennessee estimated birth year: 1920 immigration year: relationship to head of household: Son father's birthplace: Tennessee mother's birthplace: Tennessee enumeration district number: 0019 family number: 200 sheet number and letter: 11A line number: 20 nara publication: T626, roll 2238 film number: 2341972 digital folder number: 4548152 image number: 00439 Household Gender Age Birthplace head Isaac T Cates M 42 Tennessee wife Effie Cates F 41 Tennessee daughter Zanna Cates F 19 Tennessee daughter Eloda Cates F 16 Tennessee daughter Evolyn Cates F 14 Tennessee son Ben Cates M 10 Tennessee daughter Naomi Cates F 8 Tennessee daughter Beatrice Cates F 5 Tennessee son Earl C Cates M 2 Tennessee [S124] Brown Funeral Home, Newport, Tennessee, (http://www.newportfunerals.com), 21 Jun 2009. Robert "Bob" Cates obituary [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 9 Aug 2001. Ben Cates, age 82, of Hartford, died Thursday evening at his home. He is survived by his wife, Helen Cates ofHartford, son, Gordon Cates; son and daughter-in-law, Bob and Wanda Cates of Hartford. Grandchildren, Kim Gates of Daccusville, SC, Cindy Cates of Newport, Keith Cates of Newport, six great-grandchildren; brother, Earl Cates of Mullica Hill, NJ; sisters, Naoma Seay and Beatrice Freeman, both of Del Rio, Doris Lynch of Knoxville; also several nieces and nephews. The funeral will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, with Rev. Randall Freeman officiating. The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. Saturday at Manes Funeral Home. Manes in charge. [S1] U. S. Social Security Death Index, 303-24-2899. Issued in Indiana, residing in Hartford, Cocke County, Tennessee [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 94581227).