Rev. Everett Gates Sr., 77, of Raeford, died Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012.
Survivors are: wife, Doris; children, Sharon Thompson, Everette, Jamari; sisters, Lizzie Marion, Eva Harrigan, Jacqueline King; six grandchildren.
The funeral was held Mon. Dec. 17 at 1 p.m. in Shady Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Wagram. Burial was in Nazareth Missionary Baptist Church cemetery in Wagram.