Gena, and LIST: SOMEONE ASKED ABOUT GATES...I CANNOT FIND WHO THEY ARE, BUT HERE IS THE GATES INFO: SO....I found the Gates person..but on the Dallas Co site... This obit is from Laclede County...but who knows?. May help! =================================================== this is the only one I find: 1940-46 LONG TIME COUNTY RESIDENT DIES AT AGE OF 87: Funeral services were held Monday morning at the Holman funeral home for George Gates, 87, who died at his home three miles west of Lebanon Saturday morning. The Rev. W. M. Kerr officiating at the services and burial was in the city cemetery. Mr. Gates, who was born in Germany and came to the United State when he was but eighteen years old, had lived in his Laclede county home for fifty six years. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Virgil Hughes of Laclede County, and Miss Maggie Gates of the home; and one granddaughter, Miss Alice Hughes. LEBANON CITY CEMETERY: (All in same row) GATES, ALICE ADELADE, age 72, -2 Nov 1863 - 14 Feb 1936 GATES, GEORGE, AGE 87, - 17 AUG 1855 - 26 DEC 1942 GATES, MAGGIE, -21 Mar 1889 - 23 July 1965 ,,(^-.-^),, NANCY in CA. nwalchli@earthlink.net ,,(^-.-^),, NANCY in CA. nwalchli@earthlink.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "jrlally" <jrlally@qwest.net> To: <MODALLAS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2001 12:16 AM Subject: Seeking Eliza Gates b. Nov 1879 > I am making a desperate attempt to locate information on a great aunt Louiza > (Liza) J. Gates. She was the daughter of Michael C. Gates and Piercy Prevett > Gates of Randolph Co AR (Formerly of Lawrence Co and other counties in > southern MO). Liza, also shown as Eliza in some records was born in Randolph > Co AR Nov 1879. She appeared in the 1880 and 1900 Randolph Federal census > records. By 1901 she seems to have disappeared from the area and her family. > No marriage record so far, no burial site so far. She is not > listed in the probate records for her father and grandfather who died in > 1911 and 1912, not even as deceased. I would be most grateful for ANY help > with her. It bothers me that she seems to have disappeared and no one > remembers her. In order to keep this short I will not list all the places I > have looked. But I am hoping against hope that she may turn up on a marrige > index that I overlooked in one of the counties. I apologize for duplicate > queries you may get...but my Gates lines were in all these counties at one > time or another. Thanking you in advace and praying for a clue. > > Gena Gates Lally > Sun City (yes it is hot!) AZ > > >