Everett Lee Bates, 72, of Thayer, Missouri passed away at the Ozarks Medical Center of West Plains, Missouri on December 19th, 2024. Everett was born February 26, 1952, in Alton, Missouri to Grover Henry Bates and Luddy Jane Summers Bates.
Everett worked hogs as the head barn man for 16 years at the Show Me Feeder Pigs Sale barn at Thayer, Missouri. After the barn closed, he worked two years for the Alton Sales Company in Alton, Missouri. He retired from working after developing heart problems. Everett was an avid hunter and fisherman. He enjoyed spending time outdoors with family and friends with his enjoyment of the outdoors. He said if it was his time he would prefer “to be sent to the happy hunting ground” than anywhere else.
He is survived by his wife, Carolyn Sue Powell Bates of Thayer, Missouri. They were married for 53 years and had 2 sons, Everett Lee Bates II and wife Anna Hollis Bates and Grover Lee Bates. He is also survived by one grandson, Everett Lee Bates III and stepdaughter Alexis Hollis, all from Thayer, Missouri.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Grover Henry Bates and Luddy Jane Summers Bates, two brothers, Grover Henry Bates Jr. and John Edward Bates, two sisters, Nancy Jane Bates and Judy Ann Bates.
Burial will be at the Norman Cemetery of Alton, Missouri.
Services in care of Carter Funeral Home Inc., -Thayer, Missouri