Branch
of service
U S Army
Company B,
51st
Military
Police
Battalion
Rank
Entered service
Discharged
Birth
Died
10/30/2007
Buried
Mr. Marshall Bates
As originally published on Thursday, November 1, 2007
.
Mr.
Marshall
"Red"
Bates Jr.,
81, of
Jefferson
and
formerly
of Furnace
Mountain,
Va., died
at home on
Tuesday,
Oct. 30.
He was the
husband of
Shirley J.
Barnhouse
Bates, of
Jefferson.
Born
Sept. 10,
1926 in
Baltimore,
Md., he
was the
son of the
late
Marshall
M. Bates
and the
late
Minerva F.
Frye-Bates.
He retired
from C.S.X.
Railroad
on Jan. 6,
1989 after
44 years
and eight
month's
service.
He
was a life
member of
the
Furnace
Mountain
Presbyterian
Church,
where he
served
several
three-year
terms on
the Board
of
Deacons.
He also
served on
the Board
of
Trustees,
was
treasurer
of the
Church
Cemetery,
and was
elected to
a
three-year
term as an
Elder in
2001.
He
was a
veteran of
World War
II,
serving
with
Company B,
51st
Military
Police
Batallion
at Okinawa
and in
Korea. He
was one of
the first
to occupy
Japanese-held
Korea at
the end of
the War in
1945.
He
was a Past
Master of
Fervency
Lodge #200
A.F. and
A.M.
Masons at
Point of
Rocks, Md.
He served
as
worshipful
master in
1969 and
served as
secretary
from 1972
until
2007. He
was a
member of
the 14th
Degree
Scottish
Masons in
Frederick,
Md., a
charter
member of
Rose Croix
18th
Degree
Scottish,
Frederick,
Md., and
the 32nd
Degree
Chesapeake
Conistory
Scottish
of
Baltimore,
Md. He was
also a
member of
the
Eastern
Star
Chapter
#97, a
member of
the M. of
W.
Employee
Local #993
of the A.F.
of L. and
C.I.O. and
served
several
years as
the vice
president
of Local
#993 in
Brunswick.
He was
also a
member of
the D.A.V.
Commanders
Club.
Surviving
in
addition
to his
wife are
one
daughter,
Virginia
Dixon, and
one son,
Michael
Bates;
three
grandchildren,
David
Dixon,
Shannon
Dixon, and
Nicholle
Bates; two
great-grandchildren,
Corey
Darlington
and Trevor
Dixon;
three
brothers,
Edward F.
Bates and
wife
Marie,
George B.
Bates and
wife
Phyllis,
and
William
Bates;
sisters-in-law,
Goldie
Bates and
Anna M.
Bates; and
many
nieces and
nephews.
He was
preceded
in death
by a
sister,
Irma M.
Bates-Herbst,
and two
brothers,
Robert
Bates and
Tommy
Bates.
A
memorial
service
will be
held at 1
p.m. on
Saturday,
Nov. 3 at
the
Furnace
Mountain
Presbyterian
Church,
14188
Chapel
Lane
Leesburg,
Va.,
20176. In
lieu of
flowers,
donations
may be
made to
Furnace
Mountain
Presbyterian
Church at
the above
address,
or to the
Point-of-Rocks
Masonic
Lodge.
Arrangements
by
Resthaven
Funeral
Services,
Skkot Cody
P.A. in
Frederick