Neva Marie Bates

Friday, March 15, 2013

Mrs. Neva Marie Bates, 83, of Leachville, widow of Mr. Herman Bates, died Wednesday, March 13, 2013, at the Monette Manor Nursing Center in Monette. Born in Cave City, she was the daughter of the late Basil and Audie McCloud Blevins and had been a longtime Leachville resident. She retired from the Leachville School Cafeteria after 29 years of service and was a member of the Leachville First Baptist Church.

In addition to her parents and husband she was preceded in death by one brother, Donald Blevins; and two sisters, Flora Mae Ring and Ora Lue Hunter.

She leaves one son, Jerry Bates of Leachville;

Three daughters, Phyllis Miller of Leachville , Verna Shrable of Little Rock and Veda Shrable of Manila;

Two brothers, Mack Blevins of Asawatame, Kan., and Bill Blevins of Leachville;

Two sisters, Eletta Jones of Lewisburg, Kan., and Betty Baldridge of Monette; and

Ten grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Howard Funeral Service Chapel in Leachville with the Rev. David Price officiating. Burial will follow in the Leachville Cemetery. The family will receive visitors from 6-8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Serving as pallbearers will be grandsons Keith Shrable, Ryan Shrable, Chris Haynes, Chris Applegate, Sammy Stone and Tony Hister. An online guest register is available at www.howardfuneralservice.com