Eighth Generation

4295. Catherine Ruth MERRITT¹²⁶⁹ was born on 14 October 1919 in Corryton, Knox Co., TN. She died on 26 March 2005 in Knox Co., TN.^1269,1270 Passed away at 11:20 pm at St. Mary's Medical Center in Knoxville, TN. She was buried on 29 March 2005 in Little Flat Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Knox Co., TN.¹²⁶⁹ Funeral services were at 2:00 pm, Tuesday, 29 Mar 2005, at Stevens Mortuary Chapel with Rev. Damon Patterson officiating. Pallbearers were David Bates, Terry Dalton, John Gentry, Joe Sallings, Bob and Ed Zachary. Survivors listed in obituary: sister-in-law Ruth Simpson Bates of Corryton; nephews, Bryce Bates of North Carolina, David Bates of Corryton, and John G. Gentry of Luttrell; niece, Esther Bates Kinder of Kingsport, TN. She was a member of Corryton Baptist Church, and a former member and Sunday School Teacher of Little Flat Creek Baptist Church.

Catherine Ruth MERRITT and Leland Donald "LD" BATES were married on 27 September 1940 in Middlesboro, Bell Co., KY.¹⁸³ Married by Rev. J. C. Davis at his home. Leland Donald "LD" BATES was born on 10 September 1915 in Knox Co., TN.^183,1009 He appeared in the census in 1920 in District 5, Knox Co., TN. L. D. Jr., son, M, W, 4 11/12, S, TN, TN, TN
He died of cancer on 28 April 1981 in Corryton, Knox Co., TN.¹⁰⁰⁹ LD was buried on 30 April 1981 in Little Flat Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Knox Co., TN.^1009,1271 Served in the U.S. NAVY during WWII.