Dick Richard Warden Bates

Dick Richard Warden Bates

Richard Bates Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Apr. 15, 2008.
BATES, RICHARD WARDEN �DICK�, age 78, Orlando, passed away Tuesday, April 15, 2008. Born in Petoskey, Michigan, Mr. Bates was a long time resident of Central Florida and an Attorney at Law in Orlando. He was the co-founder of the Orlando Runners Club, and a member of the Orlando Country Club,Orange County Bar Association and the Association of Trail Lawyers of America. He is survived by his wife, Joyce Moore Bates; son and daughter in law, H. Scott and Terri Bates, Orlando; grandchildren, Richard W. Bates, Jaclyn Mace Bates, William Daniel Bates and Victoria Grace Bates, all of Orlando; mother in law, Margaret S. Moore, Altamonte Springs; brothers in law, James Harmon Moore, David Hendrix and Steven Lyons Moore. The memorial service will be conducted Saturday, April 19, 2008, 12:00 noon at the First United Methodist Church, 125 Interlachen, Winter Park, with Rev. Gary Rideout, officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Orlando Regional Medical Center Visiting Nurses Assoc. Baldwin-Fairchild Funeral Home, Orlando. Please visit and sign our family guest register at www.baldwin- fairchild.com

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