Leta Opal Bates

1915 - 2018  (103 years)

• Name	Leta Opal Bates
  Birth	5 Nov 1915	KY
  Gender	Female
  Death	19 Dec 2018
  	Leta Opal Bobbitt, age 103, of Somerset, Kentucky, passed from this life on Wednesday, December 19, 2018 at Somerset Nursing and Rehab Center. She was born on November 5, 1915 in the Grundy Community, daughter of the late William and Olga Placke Bates. She was a retired seamstress for Palm Beach Co. and was a member of Pine Hill Baptist Church. She enjoyed playing the piano and organ at church, gardening and being a Sunday School Teacher. Leta was a Godly Woman and will be missed by all who knew and loved her. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of sixty-three years, Henry Wilson Bobbitt; son, Vernon Bobbitt; daughter, Kathie Elaine Cates; brothers, Harold Bates, Jeff Bates, William “Short” Bates and Alton Bates; sisters, Effie Callahan and Ola Jasper. She is survived by brothers, Edward Bates, Johnny Bates and Robert Bates; sisters, Dorothy Gillium, Marie Sowder, Edna Mae Compton and Roberta Cundiff; grandchildren, Barry (and Jan) Branscum, Lisa (and Dormus) Smith and Kellie (and David) Baker; great-grandchildren, Aaron Smith, Kacie Baker and Nathan Baker; and a host of special nieces, nephews, friends and other family members. Visitation will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 26, 2018 in the Chapel of Southern Oaks Funeral Home with funeral service to be held at 12:00 p.m. at the funeral home with Bro. David Baker and Bro. David Harmon officiating. Burial will be in Pine Hill Cemetery.
  Burial	Pulaski Co, KY
  	FindAGrave Memorial 195517260
  Person ID	I3061	RidingsHale
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2023

  
  

  Father	William Bates, Sr.,   b. 2 Oct 1879, Pulaski Co, KY d. 3 Jul 1958, Pulaski Co, KY (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Olga Frieda Marie Placke,   b. 12 Mar 1894, TN d. 22 Feb 1966, Pulaski Co, KY (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	18 Aug 1913	Scott Co, TN
  Family ID	F360	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Henry Wilson Bobbitt,   b. 6 Jun 1916   d. 2 Jan 2000 (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	23 Dec 1936
  Children	1. Vernon Bobbitt,   b. 18 Apr 1939, KY d. 1 Sep 2010, KY (Age 71 years)   2. Kathie Bobbitt,   b. 6 Aug 1942, KY d. 23 Feb 2012, KY (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F1879	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Sep 2025