Richard T. Cates

Richard T. Cates, 71, of Cape Girardeau, died at 1:26 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center.

Born Dec. 24, 1929, in Hayti, he was the son of Pearl H. and Mary Carr Pullam Cates.

Cates belonged to the Salvation Army in Cape Girardeau.

He served in the Air Force from Feb. 7, 1951, to Dec. 15, 1953.

On Jan. 1, 1956, in Hernando, Miss., he was married to Virginia Noelken.

Survivors include his wife; son and daughter-in-law Phillip Anthony and Sheila Cates of Buffalo, Mo.; two daughters and sons-in-law, Judi and Larry Davis of Cape Girardeau and Janice and James Heninger of Carterville, Ill.; three grandsons, Brian Anthony Davis, Richard James Heninger, Phillip Brent Cates; two granddaughters, Grace Margaret Heninger and Sarah Elode Cates; two great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers and a sister.

Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. today at Ford and Sons Mount Auburn Funeral Home.

Funeral will be held at the funeral home at 11 a.m. Monday with Maj. Robert Gauthier officiating. Burial will take place at Memorial Park Mausoleum in Cape Girardeau.

Memorials may be made to the Salvation Army or the American Lung Association.