

Honorary Pallbearers will be Sunday School Class of First Baptist Rogersville. Pallbearers will be David Gough, Jesse Holt, Jonathan Bates, Logan Bates, Jeremy Evans, Jody Evans and Joel Evans. He was the couples fifth child, and they went on to. Visitation will be from 11AM until service time. Kenneth Nathaniel Nathan Bates was born on August 29, 1993, in Tennessee, to Gil Bates and Kelly Bates. Service will be held on Monday, Februat 1PM at Spry Funeral Home with Brandon Raney and Buford Bates officiating.

Shorty loved and enjoyed his nephew and nieces. He was also the proud great-grandfather of 21 precious children. Shorty was the loving grandfather of : Jonathan Bates and Logan Bates Jeremy Evans (Lauren), Heather Gough (David), Jody Evans (Chelsea), Haley Holt (Jesse), Joel Enans (Paige), and Hollie Evans Tabatha Bates, Tonya Bates, Morgan Bates, and Mallory Bates. Along with his wife Doris, he is survived by his son, Johnny Bates (Pam): step-children, Van Holland (Victoria) and Melody Evans (Donald). He is preceded in death by his son Jimmy Bates, grandson Jess Bates, baby sister Hazel Bates, and brothers: "Mutt" Bates and "Bud" Bates. A retiree from 3M, Shorty loved golfing with his "older men" group and enjoyed watching Alabama football. He was born on Apin Athens, AL, a son of the late Chester and Gertrude Bates.Shorty dearly loved and valued his family and all the time he spent with them, Shorty was a Christian who loved the Lord he and his wife Doris attended and served Rogersville First Baptist Church. He was the husband of Lillie "Doris" Bates.

Bates - Nathan H., 82, (Shorty) of Athens, Alabama, passed away peacefully on Februat home.
