Raleigh Coleman Cates

b. 19 April 1920, d. 12 October 2001
  • Raleigh Coleman Cates was born on 19 April 1920.
  • He married Marilyn Edwards, daughter of Luther Guy Edwards and Adina Maude Latham, on 27 June 1949.
  • Raleigh Coleman Cates died on 12 October 2001 at age 81.
  • His wife Marilyn Edwards became a widow at his death.
  • He was interred at Noble Cemetery, Noble, Sabine Parish, Louisiana.
  • The following appeared on 12 August 2014 in The Ada Evening News: (Ada) Memorial services for Marilyn Cates, 88, of Ada, will be held at a later date.
         Mrs. Cates died Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014, at a local hospital. She was born May 22, 1926, at Converse, Louisiana, to Luther Guy and Adina Maude Latham Edwards. She graduated from high school in Noble, Louisiana. She attended business school in Missouri and licensed practical nursing school at Byng.
         She married Raleigh Coleman Cates June 27, 1949. He preceded her in death October 12, 2001, in Oklahoma City. Mrs. Cates was a licensed practical nurse at Valley View Regional Hospital from 1977 until 1999. She had previously been a legal secretary for Kerr, Con and Mayhue Law Firm. Mrs. Cates was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Zwolle, Louisiana.
         Survivors include a daughter, Susan Osborn of Denver, Colorado; two grandchildren, Laura Marilyn Osborn and her husband Asbed Bedrossian of Glendale, California, and Mahate Sara Rose Osborn of Oakland, California; three great-grandchildren, Daron Bedrossian, Liliy Bedrossian and Rowan Osarelli; and special friends, Joyce Cook and Janice Rike.
         She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and two brothers, L. G. Edwards and Winston Edwards.
  • Last Edited: 5 Nov 2015

Family: Marilyn Edwards b. 20 May 1926, d. 10 August 2014