A gathering of family and friends was held from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023, at Peebles West Funeral Chapel in Somerville, Tenn., for John Borden Bates Jr., a resident of Williston, Tenn., in Fayette County, who died on Monday, Jan. 30, at the age of 71.
