Nadine Sobley Gates, age 95, of Columbus, MS, passed away August 13, 2017, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be Saturday, August 19, 2017, at
10:00 AM
at Gunter & Peel Chapel with Rev. Russell Brown officiating. The interment will immediately follow at Memorial Gardens of Columbus. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service.
Mrs. Gates was born November 30, 1921, in Ethelsville, AL, to the late Albert E. and Viola Duncan Sobley. She was a lifelong resident of Lowndes County and retired from Seminole Manufacturing after 30 years. Mrs. Gates enjoyed spending time with her family, and enjoyed gardening and animals. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Leroy Gates, and siblings, Charlie Sobley, Fred Sobley, Maurice Sobley, Cleavie
Nemeth, Judy Finger, Jewell Barnes, Katherine Cochrane, and Florentine Coleman.
Survivors include several nieces and nephews and several great nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be Stephen Hope, Woody Crowe, Andrew Junkin, Tommy Holliday, Robert L. Jacobs, and Robert B. Jacobs.
Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, P.O. Box 16808, Jackson, MS, 39236, and the Columbus Lowndes Humane Society, P.O. Box 85, Columbus, MS, 39703.
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