tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74762198782725887222024-03-05T14:24:30.547-06:00Charlton Bates & Nancy Kelly AncestryWhere the Bates family gathers online to share information about our ancestry. Starting with our earliest proven ancestors, Charlton Bates and Nancy Kelly (O'Kelly) Bates, this blog and its accompanying book includes personal stories and photos shared by Bates descendants.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15528955027208100034noreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476219878272588722.post-12330896322450032022015-09-21T16:11:00.000-05:002015-09-22T12:23:18.335-05:00Martha Louella Bates Died September 15, 2015<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span id="goog_317964172"></span><span id="goog_317964173"></span>Martha Louella Bates Jackson passed in her sleep at her home in Suwanee, Georgia on September 15, 2015. She was laid to rest at Arlington Memorial Park in Sandy Springs on Friday, September 18, 2015. Born July 11, 1916, Martha was 99 years old at the time of her death.<br />
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Born to Lem and Lillie (Smith) Bates, Martha's siblings were Cora, Jay, Bethel, Ethel, Vada, and Mary Bates. </div>
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Martha was married to Fred Jackson for 53 years before his death in 1988. Their children are Edmond Jackson (deceased), Dorothy Parker Cole, Doris Mauldin, Kathryn Stanfield, and Fred Jackson. She had 12 grandchildren, 35 great-<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">grandchildren, and 20 great-great-grandchildren.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The following was read at her funeral, which was officiated by Reverend James Hicks. James visited Martha every month for five years while she was in hospice. During that time, her daughters Doris Mauldin and Dorothy Cole cared for her in Doris and Kenneth's home.</span><br />
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Sundays at the Oak Road house, Martha's grandkids and great-grandkids were
running in and out of the house, playing ball in the front yard and trying to
keep it out of the garden while waiting to be called to the table for a
delicious Southern-cooked meal. Nanny made some of the best biscuits and gravy,
peach cobbler, fried chicken, and homemade dill pickles you ever tasted.</i><br />
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<i>Anyone who entered Nanny's house was treated as family. One would always be
offered something to eat and drink when they came over. The matriarch of five
generations, she loved every one of her five children, her 12 grandchildren,
her 35 great-grandchildren, her 20 great-great-grandchildren. Their spouses
were loved as if they were her own kids. Her unconditional love made our family
a safe place where everyone's needs were met.</i><br />
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<i>In her middle years, she kept her grandkids while their parents worked. Her
example as an excellent housekeeper, Christian, and nurturing caregiver took
hold in their hearts and lives. Martha took care of a garden including the
canning and freezing of the harvested food and mowing her own lawn while caring
for her husband who ailed with emphysema for many years. She lived alone for
nearly ten years after his death and helped tend to her great-grandkids who
lived next door--there was always a milkshake ready when they got off the bus
at her house.</i><br />
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<i>Giving up her independence and moving in with her daughter and son-in-law was a
difficult decision she made in 1998. But she quickly adjusted and the Sunday
family dinners moved with her to Doris and Kenneth's house. She participated in
meal preparation and housekeeping until the day she fell and broke her hip and
shoulder while putting up groceries in the kitchen. Her battle with pain,
surgery, and several close calls with death robbed her of the active lifestyle
she had always enjoyed. As a loving nurturer, she never wanted to be a burden
to her family. As her worst nightmare unfolded, she did not give up her faith.
While sitting in the chair that she had been hoisted to, she would sing hymns
as she dusted the frames that contained the photos of her beloved family.</i><br />
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<i>Her love remained strong even as her body became a prisoner of her bed and
dementia took its toll on her mind. The love her family had for her became more
evident. She would not have lived to celebrate her 99<sup>th</sup> birthday if
it had not been for the excellent non-stop elder care her daughters provided.</i><br />
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<i>We will all miss Nanny, but we also know she is in a better place. She has
joined her parents, her siblings, her husband, two of her children, as well as
Jesus and the angels in heaven."</i><br />
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<i>Feel no guilt in laughter, she’d know how much you care. Feel no sorrow in a smile that she is not here to share.
You cannot grieve forever; she would not want you to.</i><br />
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<i>She’d hope that you could carry on the way you always do. So, talk about the good times and the way you showed you cared,
the days you spent together, all the happiness you shared.</i><br />
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<i>Let memories surround you, a word someone may say will suddenly recapture a time, an hour, a day,
that brings her back as clearly as though she were still here, and fills you with the feeling that she is always near.
For if you keep those moments, you will never be apart
And she will live forever locked safely within your heart.</i><br />
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<i> ~ Author unknown</i><br />
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<i>As for grief, you'll find it comes in waves. When the ship
is first wrecked, you're drowning, with wreckage all around you. Everything
floating around you reminds you of the beauty and the magnificence of the ship
that was, and is no more. And all you can do is float. You find some piece of
the wreckage and you hang on for a while. Maybe it's some physical thing. Maybe
it's a happy memory or a photograph. Maybe it's a person who is also floating.
For a while, all you can do is float. Stay alive.</i></div>
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<i>In the beginning, the waves are 100 feet tall and crash over
you without mercy. They come 10 seconds apart and don't even give you time to
catch your breath. All you can do is hang on and float. After a while, maybe
weeks, maybe months, you'll find the waves are still 100 feet tall, but they
come further apart. When they come, they still crash all over you and wipe you
out. But in between, you can breathe, you can function. You never know what's
going to trigger the grief. It might be a song, a picture, a street
intersection, the smell of a cup of coffee. It can be just about anything...and
the wave comes crashing. But in between waves, there is life.
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<i>Somewhere down the line, and it's different for everybody,
you find that the waves are only 80 feet tall. Or 50 feet tall. And while they
still come, they come further apart. You can see them coming. An anniversary, a
birthday, or Christmas. You can see it coming, for the most part, and prepare
yourself. And when it washes over you, you know that somehow you will, again,
come out the other side. Soaking wet, sputtering, still hanging on to some tiny
piece of the wreckage, but you'll come out.
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<i>he waves never stop coming, and somehow you don't really
want them to. But you learn that you'll survive them. And other waves will
come. And you'll survive them too. </i><br />
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These songs were sang at the funeral by her granddaughters, Carla (Parker) Buck and Yvonne (Mauldin) Perry. The congregation joined in on several of the familiar hymns.<br />
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Oh, Come, Angel Band<br />
Amazing Grace<br />
Oh, How I Love Jesus<br />
In the Sweet By and By<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15138149903164920540noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476219878272588722.post-16832366791495394372014-03-13T12:21:00.000-05:002014-03-13T12:21:00.207-05:00Lamanac Brother: Franklin Lee, Philip Lester, and Kenneth Ray <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The children of Hugh Lee and Sarah Bates Lamanac are the grandchildren of J.B. (Jay) and Lois Sims Bates. This photo was taken in 1955.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15138149903164920540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476219878272588722.post-16199852455117260392014-03-10T12:20:00.000-05:002014-03-10T12:20:00.406-05:00Vernie Grogan and His Cousin, Sarah Elizabeth Bates<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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As a child, Sarah Bates Lamanac (daughter of J.B. Bates and Lois Christine Sims) always watched over her cousin, Vernie Grogan. Vernie was the son of Tommy Grogan and Vada Bates. </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15138149903164920540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476219878272588722.post-70817281353466049652014-03-06T12:18:00.000-06:002014-03-06T12:18:00.619-06:00Lucious Ward and his wife Margie Henderson <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Lucious Wilson and his wife Margie Henderson Wilson. Lucious is the son of Indiana Ward Wilson, who was the sister of our Big Granny Sarah Elizabeth Ward Bates.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15138149903164920540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476219878272588722.post-40064281244206793432014-03-04T12:16:00.000-06:002014-03-04T12:16:00.848-06:00Columnist Juanita Hughes Mentioning Bates Family Ancestry Book in Cherokee Tribute<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I got an email from Juanita Hughes, a columnist for the Cherokee Tribune, asking for
permission to use a couple of quotes from my ode to my grandfather, Fred A. Jackson. The entire poem is published in the book my cousin, Jenny Bates Meadows-Sauls, and I co-authored, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Oh-Come-Angel-Band-Genealogy/dp/1492269700" target="_blank">Oh, Come, Angel Band ~ The Living Genealogy of the Charlton Bates Family</a>. (I will also post it below.)<br />
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Jenny gave Juanita a personal copy of the book and included a copy for the Preservation Woodstock family files. Juanita loved reading about the families and the many priceless stories in the book. She said, "It's a shame that other families don't realize the need for preserving these stories." I agree. That is why a team of cousins is now working on the ancestry for my dad's side of the family.<br />
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Loblolly pines </div>
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Standing like matchsticks in Georgia red clay </div>
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On this terrain there were three in a row </div>
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partial acres that reared the clan</div>
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One-third an acre belonged to my parents but housed my
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One-third owned and occupied by Nanny and Pap</div>
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And one lot of red dirt where we</div>
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raised the garden that kept us fed</div>
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1965 was the year it began</div>
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when Nanny and Pap paid ten grand</div>
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for two bedrooms on Oak Road</div>
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Soon it was home for Sunday dinners </div>
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with all the grandkids stomping in the daffodils </div>
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and using the yellowbell bush as first base for our
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A triangular bed of floral fantasies intermingled </div>
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with chickweed, wild onion, and Bermuda grass</div>
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was home to praying mantas that loved to hide there</div>
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This delighted Pap who thought it clever to take hostage </div>
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those green sticks with bulging eyes</div>
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and attach them to the inside of the screened-in front
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He warned us that those bugs would eat children who got
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A strange tree that never managed more stature than eight
feet</div>
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had broad leaves that the catawba worms loved </div>
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and we loved to teach catawba worms to swim</div>
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with the catfish at Twin Lakes in Cumming </div>
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when we could talk Pap into taking the four of us fishing</div>
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I was disgraced in my high school days </div>
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Having to ride the bus to Nanny’s after school</div>
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Liberty Heights was known as a low-class sanctuary </div>
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But it was convenient to band rehearsal and little league
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Since Mom worked a real job,</div>
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Pap chauffeured my cousins, my brother, and me</div>
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in his 1971 green Datsun pickup— </div>
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the same one in which he took his twelve intermarried
Beagles hunting</div>
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The luxurious camper boasted of deluxe seating:</div>
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a two-by-six wedged atop the wheel wells</div>
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We slid from one side to the other as Pap never did quite
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or using brakes to turn a corner</div>
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One year, Economy Auto ran a sale on green paint</div>
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Pap painted everything:</div>
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the house trim, </div>
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the front porch,</div>
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the rocking chairs,</div>
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the metal glider,</div>
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the out house</div>
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all four dog houses,</div>
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and the open wound on the peach tree he’d butchered with
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I think he even touched up a few scratches on the Datsun.</div>
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It would snow at least once in a season just to make sure
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equaled the steam and heat of the summer picnics at Stone
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when the humidity was so thick you could cut it with the
plastic knives </div>
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that nearly melted in the basket</div>
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In springtime, yellow pollen blanketed the entire state</div>
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One could tell the transplants from the natives by their
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Fall colors were perfect and the weather still warm
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to wear short sleeves while watching the young boys and
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make a fool of themselves playing in the middle of the
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while playing football in the annual Turkey Bowl </div>
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Norcross grew a four-lane highway to honor Jimmy Carter</div>
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when he changed his name to Mr. President</div>
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I-285 spread to six-lanes near Spaghetti Junction, </div>
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reducing the drive time downtown to twenty minutes</div>
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Underground Atlanta awakened from hibernation </div>
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with a new face, and Marta could take you there for fifty
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I’d married by then a man whose job made him a part-time
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and me a single parent with a wedding band</div>
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but I managed to bear him two young ‘ens </div>
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The second child was on her way when</div>
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the house on Oak Road next to Nanny and Pap</div>
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came to market with the garden lot we’d envied for years</div>
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We were hesitant to buy in the faltering ‘hood but the
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my family of three plus one moved in</div>
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Living next to my grandparents had its advantages</div>
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Nanny cooked at five o’clock everyday</div>
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They trotted across the garden to see what was on the
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Nanny made cookies, or milkshakes to reward the kids for
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with their Momma working a part-time job</div>
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on the days when Nanny would give her the day off from
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Urban renewal never occurred in Doraville</div>
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but minorities took a liking to the low land</div>
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My kids never needed diversity training</div>
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Barbie dolls and baseball with the Hispanics, Africans,
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was a daily multi-cultural experience for them</div>
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my kids had a third choice of menu at five o’clock</div>
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Roadsides will hail Queen Anne’s lace, ragweed, and
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with mums we planted to mark the day</div>
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Pap went home for good<br />
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(C) 2013 Yvonne Perry </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15528955027208100034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476219878272588722.post-62054605543474036502014-02-28T19:49:00.001-06:002014-03-03T12:05:23.880-06:00Estell Pruitt Grogan, daughter of Frances and Mary Bates Pruitt and her son Calvin Grogan <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Estelle Pruitt Grogan the oldest granddaughter of Lem and Lillie Bates and holding her son Calvin Grogan, the oldest great grandson.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15138149903164920540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476219878272588722.post-103582421630395722014-02-10T06:00:00.000-06:002015-11-30T10:33:05.259-06:00Kathryn (Kat) Jackson, Patricia, Janell and Larry Grogan <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Patricia Grogan with her doll, Kathryn (Kat) Jackson in the middle, Janell and Larry Grogan in the country in 1950.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15138149903164920540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476219878272588722.post-47682838176395752222014-02-06T06:00:00.000-06:002015-12-30T08:36:38.154-06:00Kenneth and Doris Lillian Jackson Mauldin in 1957<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Kenneth and Doris Lillian Jackson Maudlin when they visited Sunlight Baptist Church during a homecoming event in 1957. They would visit Grandma Lillie and go to church with the family. Doris is the daughter of Fred A. Jackson and Martha Louella Bates Jackson.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15138149903164920540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476219878272588722.post-48076461373121285802014-01-08T06:00:00.000-06:002014-01-11T12:34:44.131-06:00The Grogan Brothers, Stedman, Paul and Tommy with J.B. (Jay Bates)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The Grogan Brothers, Stedman, Paul and Tommy with J.B. (Jay Bates) in front of the Grogan Homestead. They all were friends growing up. Tommy became Jay's brother-in law when he married his sister, Vada Bates. </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15138149903164920540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476219878272588722.post-14922760908484145212014-01-03T06:00:00.000-06:002014-01-13T17:37:24.861-06:00Bates and Grogan Cousins<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The Bates and Grogan cousins having fun in front of 625 State Street. Photographed is Janell Grogan, Katherine Grogan, Barbara Bates with Floyd Bates and Patricia Grogan in the front row. This is after Martha and Fred Bates moved and Vada and Tommy moved in when they moved to Atlanta.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15138149903164920540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476219878272588722.post-78149661502034484392013-12-31T17:56:00.002-06:002014-01-11T12:34:44.133-06:00 (Sam and Amanda Smith Bates daughter and her husband Hattie and Frank Hester<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Frank and Mattie Bates Hester<br />
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<i>Oh, Come Angel Band ~ The Living Genealogy of the Charlton Bates Family</i> authored by Yvonne M. Perry and Jenny Bates Meadows-Sauls is now available on CreateSpace.com<br />
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The genealogy of the Bates family of Cherokee County, Georgia is traced back to Charlton Bates and Nancy Kelly (O'Kelly) Bates, who are first mentioned living in South Carolina in 1812.<br />
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The descending lineage mentioned in this book are David Ward and Nancy Martin, Thomas F. Bates and Sarah Elizabeth Ward, Savannah Bates and Alexander Newton Smith, and Lemuel Harris Bates and Lillian Margaret Smith. Many of the children and extended family members of these family heads are mentioned and more than 200 photos document the journey.<br />
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This book also contains some history of the Cherokee and Hall Counties of Georgia as remembered by the Bates family who lived in the area.<br />
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Title: <i>Oh, Come, Angel Band ~ The Living Genealogy of the Charlton Bates Family </i><br />
Authors: Jenny Bates Meadows-Sauls and Yvonne Perry<br />
ISBN-13: 978-1492269700<br />
ISBN-10: 1492269700<br />
Pub date: December 2013<br />
Retail price: $18.99<br />
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Also available on Amazon.com </div>
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<i>Oh, Come Angel Band ~ The Living Genealogy of the Charlton Bates Family</i> authored by Yvonne Perry and Jenny Bates Meadows-Sauls is now available!</div>
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<b><span style="color: #783f04;"><br /></span><span style="color: #783f04;">Purchase on <a href="https://www.createspace.com/4419491" target="_blank">CreateSpace</a></span><br b="" /><span style="color: #783f04;">Purchase on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Oh-Come-Angel-Band-Genealogy/dp/1492269700" target="_blank">Amazon.com</a></span></b></div>
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The genealogy of the Bates family of Georgia is traced back to Charlton Bates and Nancy Kelly (O'Kelly) Bates, first recorded as living in South Carolina in 1812. The descending lineage mentioned in this book are David Ward and Nancy Martin, Thomas F. Bates and Sarah Elizabeth Ward, Savannah Bates and Alexander Newton Smith, and Lemuel Harris Bates and Lillian Margaret Smith. More than 200 photos and some interesting history of Cherokee County, Georgia as remembered by the Bates family who lived in the area.<br />
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Request the paperback book at retail stores or your local library using the info below:<br />
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Title: <i>Oh, Come, Angel Band ~ The Living Genealogy of the Charlton Bates Family</i><br />
Authors: Jenny Bates Meadows-Sauls and Yvonne Perry<br />
ISBN-13: 978-1492269700<br />
ISBN-10: 1492269700<br />
Pub date: December 13, 2013</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15528955027208100034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476219878272588722.post-66534068773231912892013-12-13T06:00:00.000-06:002013-12-13T06:00:11.646-06:00Mary Lizzie and Jesse Suggs <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Mary and Jesse Suggs at Will Waters grave in 1947. The old school house where the Bates Family went to school is in the background.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15138149903164920540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476219878272588722.post-804346308220767092013-12-12T15:51:00.000-06:002013-12-16T21:50:59.659-06:00The Bates Genealogy Book is Almost Ready!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The book that the Bates family has been waiting for is almost ready! <br />
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Jenny Bates Meadows-Sauls and Yvonne Perry
have been working together for more than a year on the genealogy and history of the Charlton and Nancy Kelly (O'Kelly) Bates family.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9D7pi7e8NbLllfW6XGYs7Ebaq5EdrpA9rkMS9q9PHPZwtkJINyWtPMpTsub2VOTvdLPkF500hA_0lVDjRTNUvDgd_vQQg9P_m9aVB7zMMgRu1T6fKpOdOLIFlyT3zQKwbnaLCsqtGwNZP/s1600/Oh+Come+Angel+Band+Cover.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9D7pi7e8NbLllfW6XGYs7Ebaq5EdrpA9rkMS9q9PHPZwtkJINyWtPMpTsub2VOTvdLPkF500hA_0lVDjRTNUvDgd_vQQg9P_m9aVB7zMMgRu1T6fKpOdOLIFlyT3zQKwbnaLCsqtGwNZP/s320/Oh+Come+Angel+Band+Cover.png" width="244" /></a>The interior of the book has been edited, proofread, and formatted. The cover has been created by Rick Chappell. We plan to upload it to the publisher this evening. It will take a few days to get approval before we can release it, but <i>Oh, Come, Angel Band ~ The Living Genealogy of the Charlton Bates Family</i> will soon be on Amazon.com and other online retailers.<br />
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You will be able to request it at retails store or your local library by giving the info below:<br />
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Title: <i>Oh, Come, Angel Band ~ The Living Genealogy of the Charlton Bates Family</i><br />
Authors: Jenny Bates Meadows-Sauls and Yvonne Perry<br />
ISBN-13: 978-1492269700<br />
ISBN-10: 1492269700<br />
Pub date: December 13, 2013<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15528955027208100034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476219878272588722.post-825407061548771062013-12-11T06:00:00.000-06:002013-12-11T06:00:04.071-06:00Photo from Sweet Apple<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Photographed here is Estelle Pruitt Grogan, Vernie Grogan, son of Vada Bates Grogan, Grandma Lillie Bates, Sarah Elizabeth Bates, daughter of J.B. and Lois Bates, and Amos Pruitt, son of Mary Bates Pruitt at Sweet Apple.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15138149903164920540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476219878272588722.post-11129470127992569382013-12-09T06:00:00.000-06:002013-12-09T06:00:13.658-06:00Cousins - Vernie Grogan and Sarah Elizabeth Bates <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This is a photo of cousins, Vernie Grogan and Sarah Elizabeth Bates. Sarah was like Vernie's big sister growing up. His mother would always tell Sarah to watch over him. </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15138149903164920540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476219878272588722.post-8063163073633002072013-12-03T06:00:00.000-06:002013-12-03T06:00:02.074-06:00New Home Baptist Church Members with Preacher Holbrook after a Baptizing<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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New Home Baptist Church members with Preacher Holbrook after a baptizing. Photographed are Preacher Holbrook, Ellen Ellis Pruitt, Nita Pruitt Kennedy, and Jewel Pruitt.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15138149903164920540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476219878272588722.post-69695279122340251852013-11-27T17:04:00.001-06:002013-12-02T12:20:33.403-06:00Update on Bates Ancestry Book<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Yvonne Perry and her cousin, Jenny B. Meadows-Sauls, have been working for more than a year on a book about their family's history. This genealogy project will include 200 photos and many stories from descendants of a line dating back to the early 1800s. If you are of the lineage of South Carolina-born Charlton Bates (b. 1812) and Nancy O'Kelly (b. 1813) who migrated to Cherokee County of North Georgia, you may be interested in reading the book that is due to be published in about two weeks.<br />
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<i>Oh, Come, Angel Band </i>will be available on Amazon.com in 8x10-inch paperback.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15528955027208100034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476219878272588722.post-69021446730716958052013-11-26T06:00:00.000-06:002013-11-27T09:02:08.332-06:00Twins, Doris and Dorothy Jackson <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Twins, Doris and Dorothy Jackson, were born to Fred and Martha Bates Jackson in 1939. Here is a photograph of them in their little red wagon about a year or two old. It looks as though one of them is trying to push the other out or saying "move over!" They were born at the Old Sweatman Farm which is where this photograph was taken.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15138149903164920540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476219878272588722.post-60324453461384459582013-11-19T06:00:00.000-06:002013-11-19T06:00:12.637-06:00J.B. Bates with Indian Relative<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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J.B. Bates on the right speaking with an Indian relative on the left. This picture was found in our Grandma Lillie's old pictures. Picture appears to be from the 1920's or 1930's since Jay was born 1913.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15138149903164920540noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476219878272588722.post-59721737681499696082013-11-14T06:00:00.000-06:002013-11-14T06:00:09.613-06:00 Sunlight Baptist Church in 1949 <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Sunlight Baptist Church located on Highway 92 was established in 1949. The hill was shortened and some of the land was taken in front of the church due to the road expansion in the sixties. The church was remodeled and now has a baptizing pool inside the church and a fellowship house. The property was given to the church by Charlie Stells. The first service was in his chicken house. <br />
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Photographed above are members of the early fifties by the old well. From left to right, Buddy with his father Dewey Stephens, the husband of Lois Turner Stephens, and Hugh Lee Lamanac, the husband of Sarah Bates Lamanac. </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15138149903164920540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476219878272588722.post-55796902561542991692013-10-28T06:00:00.000-05:002013-11-27T08:59:17.742-06:00Fred and Martha Bates Jackson <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Fred Jackson and Martha Bates raised five children in the three-room shotgun house on 629 State Street in Atlanta, Ga. </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15138149903164920540noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7476219878272588722.post-78391616491902244362013-10-25T06:00:00.000-05:002013-10-25T06:00:05.905-05:00William Allen Ward, Son of Marion and Phoebe Ward <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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William Allen Ward May 1890-1948 married Sarah Elizabeth Johnson 1900-1964. They had three children, Owen, Mary and Berdie. He is the brother of Sarah Elizabeth Ward Bates (Big Granny). Her son Lemuel(Lem) resembles him. </div>
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These are the children of Frances and Mary Bates Pruitt: Nita, Mary, Mildred, Martha, Alfred and Amos Pruitt. They lived in Sweet Apple on the Old Pruitt Farm. </div>
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