Bates, Joe Allan

PITTSBURG - Graveside services for Joe Allan Bates, 47, of Pittsburg, will 
be at 10 a.m. today, April 18, 2007, at Rose Hill Cemetery, with Tim Gibbs, 
Norman Miller and Paul Castleman officiating. Arrangements are by Erman 
Smith Funeral Home. Mr. Bates died April 16, 2007, at his residence.

Born March 3, 1960, in Longview, he was a Longview High School graduate and 
member of the Church of Christ. Survivors include his parents, Fred and Norma 
Bates; brothers, Jeff Bates; and sisters, Jean Cook and Jill Fender.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 4/18/2007.