Mr. Frank James Bates

March 10, 1956 - February 27, 2021

Funeral Services for Mr. Frank James Bates will be held on Sunday, March 7, 2021 at 1:00 P.M.at A. A. Dicks Funeral Home-Sullivan Chapel, 2548 Main Street, Columbia, SC 29201 Please click the link below to view services for Mr. Frank James Bates on Sunday, March 7, 2021 at 12:45 P.M. https://www.facebook.com/A-A-Dicks-Funeral-Home-Sullivan-Chapel-115729839828313/ Mr. Frank James Bates was born in Columbia, South Carolina, on March 10, 1956 to the late Brady and Georgia Ann Norris Bates. He departed this earthly life on February 27, 2021, in a vehicle accident, in Lexington County, SC along with his partner, Bobbie Jenkins. Frank attended public schools in Richland County, he later attended mechanical trade school in Columbia, SC. He was baptized at an early age at Shiloh Baptist Church in Columbia, where he grew and served from a child to adulthood. Frank was known and loved by everyone who knew him. He was free spirited and once he set his mind on something, no one could change it. Frank was a true people person -who made friends wherever he went. The original “Frog Town Community” was always his home, no matter where he lived. He was preceded in death by his father, Brady Bates, his mother, Georgia Ann Norris Bates, and sister, Ruby J. Johnson. Left to cherish his precious memories are three sisters; Linda Childs, Hazel Kennedy, Sylvia( Alvin) Smith; a Brother-in-Law, William Johnson; his beloved foster children, Mr. Frank, Sophia Grace and Eriel Isabella; uncle and aunts, Claude (Lottie) Bates, Lucinda Bates Boyd, and Barbara Bates, all of Prosperity, SC; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and loving relatives. Please leave the Bates family your condolences and prayers. The Bates family, acknowledges with grateful appreciation, all of your kind expressions of love and sympathy. Thank you for helping us care for our families. A. A. Dicks, Sr. and Staff. Like our Facebook page: A. A. Dicks Funeral Home - Sullivan Chapel Add our Facebook Friend page and leave a comment: A A Dicks FH