Lillie Belle Gates
Oct. 22, 1905-Nov. 17, 1980
Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, November 18, 1980, page 2, col. 7, microfilm Niles District Library
Lillie Belle Gates, 75, formerly of 1014 N. 9th St., died at 5:20 p.m. at the Michigan Skill Care Center after a lengthy illness.
Born on Oct. 22, 1905, in Marranna, Arkansas, she had been a resident of the area since moving here in 1944 from Union City, Tenn. She was married on July 17, 1937, to Stanley Gates, who survives.
She is survived by one daughter, Verneice Fulce, of Niles; one step-daughter, Anna B. Alexander of Chicago, and one brother, James Braden of Helena, Arkansas.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Mt. Calvary Baptist Church. Rev. W.L. Daniel will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.
Friends may call between 4-9 p.m. Thursday at the Pifer-Smith Funeral Home.