Ollie Huell Cates, 55, of Minor Hill died Thursday, May 2 at Giles County Hospital.
Funeral services were conducted Friday at 1:00 p.m. at Carr and Erwin Chapel with
Church of Christ minister Bernard Kennett (Konig) officiating. Burial was in Shores
Cemetery. Born in Giles County, he was the son of Mrs. Elsie Bivins Cates Hopkins
of Pulaski who survives and the late Avie Cates. In addition to his mother survivors
include his wife, Mrs. Bernice Cates; two daughters, Debbie Cates and Teresa
Cates, both of Minor Hill; two sons, Dwayne and Dwight Cates, both of Minor
Hill; two sisters, Mrs. Opal Lemar and Mrs. Lucille Stafford, both of Louisville,
Ky.; one brother, Clifford Cates of Louisville and two grandchildren.
Sources are obviously Giles County Tennessee Cemeteries by the Genealogical Society 1986, Newspaper abstracts of Giles County Tennessee 1840 - 1899. Graveyard research by Wayne Austin. Census Records of 1850-1900.
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