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Submitted: 12/29/15 • Approved: 12/29/15 • Last Updated: 3/25/18 • R96953-G96953-S3
13 Oct 1932-9 Jan 2003
Published: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 12:00 AM CST in the Willcox Range News, Willcox, Arizona.
"Lanelle Bates Allen 1932 -2003
Lanelle Bates Allen, of Sunsites, died at her home on Jan. 9, 2003 at the age of 70 after a two-month illness.
She was born in Axtell, Texas on Oct. 13, 1932 to Leon Travis Bates and Anna Belle Wilson. Lanelle was a retired Insurance Underwriter and moved to Sunsites in 1997 from Alaska with her husband of seven years, Martin, whom she had met in Alaska.
Her love for her family, her husband and his family was deep and profound. She will be missed.
Survivors include her husband Martin of Sunsites; stepchildren Betsy Pinckard of Chandler, Janice Stewart of Pomerene, Richard Allen of Parker, and Harvey Allen of Elfrida; along with 15 step-grandchildren and 14 great-step-grandchildren. Also surviving are her siblings Leon Bates of Longview, Texas, Fred Bates of Pittsburg, Texas, Brenda McAlister of Kilgore, Texas and Patricia Florey of Mt. Pheasant, Texas.
Lanelle will be interred at the Rock Springs Cemetery in Gladewater, Texas after a memorial service in a family burial plot adjacent to her parents and other family."
Contributed on 12/29/15 by justplaincountryphotography
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