Donald Cates

View Video TributeMr. Donald Eugene Cates, 53, former employee of ZipMart and resident of Hampshire Pike, died Monday, May 28, 2012 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 2:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Rick Points officiating. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends Wednesday from 4:00 - 8:00 P.M. and Thursday after 12:00 noon at the funeral home. Notes of sympathy may be sent to the family at www.oakesandnichols.com. The Maury County native was the son of the late James Sonny Cates and Janie Marie Roberts Cates. Survivors include one brother, David (Kathy) Cates of Columbia; one sister, Linda Holder of Mt. Pleasant; aunt, Margaret Potts of Columbia; uncle, Gary (Betty) Roberts of Columbia; nieces and nephews, Rochelle (Brad) Ribley, Jimmy Graham, Chris Newcomb, Michael (Stephanie) Cates, Kevin (Crystal) Cates, Mandy (Justin) Wentzel, Melissa Cates-Suiter, Matthew "Junior" Cates, Chad Cates, Jennifer (James) Morton, Kenneth Holder; and several great nieces and great nephews. He was preceded in death by one sister, Barbara Cates-Lanier and two brothers, Jerry Cates and Ricky Cates. Active pallbearers will be Chris Newcomb, Michael Cates, Kevin Cates, Chad Cates, Matthew "Junior" Cates, Tim Halter, Kenneth Holder, and Justin Wentzel. Honorary pallbearers will be Chip Matlock, Perry Pugh, Bobby Joe Rhodes, Donald Suiter, Cliff Roberts, Pat Smith, and Mike Crutcher. The family wishes to express a special thank you to Garland & Cindy, Doctors and Nurses in CCU at Maury Regional Medical Center, Dr. Indu Bali; Brian Cooper and the entire staff of Oakes & Nichols.