Mrs. Georgia Bates Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Mrs. Georgia Ann Norris Bates was born in Edgefield, South Carolina on May 28, 1928 to the late Sylvester and Georgia Ann Smith Norris. She departed this life on August 27, 2016 at Palmetto Health Richland Hospital. Georgia attended the Edgefield County Public Schools. She was united in holy matrimony to the late Mr. Brady Bates, on January 25, 1945. From this union five children were born. At an early age, "Grannie", as she was affectionately known by family and friends, was joined and baptized at Pine Hill Baptist Church in Johnston, SC and upon moving to Columbia, South Carolina she joined Shiloh Baptist Church where she served faithfully on the Usher Board. After some changes she joined Solomon's Temple Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, parents and all her siblings. Left to cherish precious memories are: her five children, Linda Childs, Ruby (William) Johnson, Hazel Kennedy, Sylvia (Alvin) Smith and Frank James Bates all of Columbia, SC; thirteen grandchildren; twenty-nine great grandchildren; twenty-five great great grandchildren; brother-in-law, Claude (Lottie) Bates; sisters-in-law, Lucinda (Harold) Boyd and Barbara Bates all of Prosperity, SC; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other loving relatives and friends. Funeral services for Mrs. Georgia Bates will be held noon Saturday, September 3, 2016 at Friendship Baptist Church, 1237 House Street, Columbia, SC 29204. Interment to follow in The Promised Land Cemetery. Public viewing will be Friday, September 2, 2016 from 12-7 p.m. at A. A. Dicks Funeral Home Sullivan Chapel.

Mrs. Georgia Bates

May 28, 1928 - August 27, 2016