OBITS: Sturgis News, Jan. 28, 1998 - Union Co Copied with the permission of The Sturgis News, Sturgis, Union County, Kentucky, Wednesday, January 28, 1998, Number 4. Obits on page 2. WILLIE M. BATES Willie M. Bates, 25, Morganfield, died Wednesday, Jan. 21 at 3am at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville as a result of injuries sustainted in an automobile accident. Mr. Bates was a 1990 graduate of Union County High School and an employee of Bob Brantley Painting. He was preceded in death by his father, Jack Agee in 1993. Survivors include his wife, Tracy Hite Bates; his mother, Sadie Agee of Sturgis; three sisters, Debbie Hauri of Romey, IN, Shellie Powell of Morganfield, and Marie Agee in the U.S. Navy in Italy; one brother, Gerald Bates of Morganfield; and five nieces and two nephews. Services were at 1pm Friday at Whitsell Funeral Home in Morganfield. Burial was in Morganfield Odd Fellow Cemetery. From: Maria Troutman Date: 11 Feb 1998