Hide Article Text (OCR)
Retired PastorGoes to RewardWell Known Minister Buried Ytere Last Monday.Reverend Abraham Henderson Bates aged 81 who died last Sunday morning in Hendersonville, was buried Monday afternoon in Tryon, the Reverend W. A. Black officiating.Mr. Bates was born in Jacksonville, Illinois, December 30th., 1842. He was the son of the Reverend Joseph H. Bates, a Presbyterian minister. He is survived by his widow Mrs. Laura S. Bates, a brother, M. C. ates of Galesburg, Illinois, and a sister Mrs. Leland Breeze of Pomona, California.The deceased was, for forty eight years, a minister inactive work in the Presbyterian church, serving several prominent churches in the Middle West, one in California and one in Florida. Due to ill health, Mr. Bates recently resigned from active church work and fpr the past year has been living in Tryon. His health fail-jirtg rapidly in the last two weeks, he was finally removed to a hospital in Hendersonwhere he died. Shortly before his death he made the request that his body be interred In the Tryon cemetery.He was the author of several books, among these a book of poems.
Newspaper Details
Tryon Polk County News
Tryon, North Carolina, US
Thu, Apr 26, 1923
Page 1
Full Page
Clipped by
Vigo C.
IN, USA 31 Aug 2023
Other Publications Near Tryon, North Carolina
Tryon Polk County News and Tryon Bee
Tryon Polk County News
