Published in the Joplin, MO - Globe 2004-09-01 GALENA, Kan. - Cornelia Halleen Bates, age 74, died at 4:12 am, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2004, at a hospital in Joplin, following an illness. Cornelia was born Feb. 12, 1930, in Lurton, Ark. Her parents were Irving C. and Ruby G. (Dingman) Sutton. She had lived in Galena since 1980 moving from Mount Hersey, Ark. She graduated from high school at Deer, Ark. She was a homemaker. Her most favorite pastime was fishing. She was married to T. J. "Bill" Bates Oct. 19, 1964, in Las Vegas, Nev. He died Jan. 6, 1995. Surviving is one son, Dan Dickey, Fort Smith, Ark.; two daughters, Catherine Garrett and husband, Larry, Franklin, Kan., and Cheryl Haines and husband, Jim, Galena, Kan.; seven stepdaughters, Delma Casey, Russellville Ark., and Charlene Lewis, Patricia Williams, Bobby Jo Diaz, Judy Bates, Betty Thompson, Christina Martwez, addresses unknown; seven grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one brother, Bobby L. Sutton; and one stepson, Hurchal C. "Bud" Dickey. Graveside services will be at 4 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 2, at Oak Hill Cemetery, Galena. Pastor Jim Jones will officiate. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 1, at Derfelt Funeral Home, Galena. Danny Clemmer Clemmer.org