Nicholas Adam Gates

Nicholas Adam Gates

Nicholas Gates Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers from Nov. 13 to Nov. 20, 2008.
Nicholas Adam Gates, infant son of Jeffrey and Nicole "Nikki" Gates, died Saturday, Nov. 8, 2008 in Smyth County Community Hospital. He was preceded in death by his great-grandparents, Mary Louise Harris, Glen Ray Heath, Wiley and Elsie Gates and C.W. and Goldie Poston. Survivors include his parents, Jeffrey and Nicole Gates; one brother, Jeffrey Glen Gates; grandparents, Gloria and Jerry Gates Sr., Susie and Jerry Gates Jr., Rodney Surber Sr. and Keisha Cox; great-grandparents, Betty Heath and Bill Harris; aunts and uncles, Rodney Jr. and Kayla Surber, Matt and April Gates, Tim and Hope Gates, Will and Tabitha Gates, Phillip and Lori Gates, Dylan Gates, and Scotty Surber; several great aunts, uncles, and cousins. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 12, from Bradley's Funeral Home Chapel in Marion with the Rev. Billy Gwinn officiating. Interment will follow in the Sunset Cemetery in Rich Valley. The family will receive friends Wednesday afternoon from 12 until 2 p.m. at the funeral home. Expressions of sympathy may be sent to the family at www.bradleysfh.com. Bradley's Funeral Home of Marion is in charge of arrangements.

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