Bates Madewell

Obituary of Bates Barbara Madewell

BATES, Barbara Madewell Barbara Bates passed away Wednesday, March 18, 2009 at age 69. Services, conducted by Pastors Jerry P. Smith and Robert Kitchen, are 11 a.m. Friday, March 20, 2009, Sellars Funeral Home in Lebanon. Visitation is Thursday 4-8 p.m. and Friday 1 hour before service. Interment Hermitage Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers: Terry Ashe, Larry Bowman, Don Hamblen, Barry Graves, Dayton Jamison, Bob White, Mike Owens, and John Edwards. Honorary Pallbearers: Employees of Wilson County Sheriff's Department. Survivors include sons: Tim (Cheryl) Bates, Tony (Kim) Bates, and Toby (Cheryl) Bates; grandchildren: Laura, Nikki, Tyler, Carson, and Callie Bates; sisters: Genelle (Melvin) Nelson, and Sue Blevins; and numerous nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by husband, Charles E. Bates, parents Howard and Thelma Stults Madewell, and brother David Madewell. Sellars Funeral Home, Lebanon TN, 615.444.9393. Obits 615.758.8818.