Husband: Stanley Jacob "Jake" Bates
Born: Jun-21-1902 in Doddridge Co, WV 1,2,3,4
Died: Dec- 9-1993 in Dade City, Pasco Co, FL 5,1,2,3
Buried: in Oakside Cemetery, Zephyrhills, Pasco Co, FL 6 (see note 1)
Resided: from abt 1987 in Zephyrhills, Pasco Co, FL 7,5
Resided: formerly in Sarasota, Sarasota Co, FL 5
Resided: 1931 in Ashley, Doddridge Co, WV 4
Census: 1910, 1920, 1930 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: teacher 5,8
Father: Lewis Emmanuel Bates (1873 - 1960)
Mother: Adelaine Sedonia "Dona" Baker (1876 - 1959)
Other spouse 2
Wife: Venah Esta Swiger Also known as: Esta Venah Swiger 9 Married: Jul- 3-1931 in Adamston (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV 4
Born: Aug- 2-1903 in Harrison Co, WV 2,3,4 Died: Aug- -1975 2,3 Buried: in Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 10,11 Resided: in Sarasota, Sarasota Co, FL 7 Resided: 1931 in Doddridge Co, WV 4 Census: 1910, 1920, 1930 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Father: Floyd Carlos Swiger (1876 - 1955) Mother: Sina Mahana (1883 - 1963)
Sources: (1) Florida Death Index, 1877-1998 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and Florida Dept of Health, Office of Vital Records. (2) Social Security Death Index. (3) Headstone (year only) (4) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (5) Obituary. (6) Immediate family. (7) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (8) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District) (9) One World Tree (www.ancestry.com) (10) Headstone. (11) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. III, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) Event Notes Note (1) A marker for Stanley Bates and his wife Venah at Center Point Cemetery in Doddridge County has the inscription "In Memory of" above his name. His actual burial location is in Florida, with his third wife Joann.