Jackie Janet Gates (Nixon)

SAN JON, N.M. - Jackie Janet Gates, 75, died Sunday, July 23, 2006.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in San Jon United Methodist Church with James Robbins and Leo Thrasher officiating. Burial will be in San Jon Cemetery by Dunn Funeral Home of Tucumcari.

Mrs. Gates was born Nov. 20, 1930, in Fruita, Colo. She had been an active member of San Jon United Methodist Church. She was a retired public school teacher, having attained her Bachelor of Education in 1976 and her master's in 1978.

She was preceded in death by a son, Douglas Gates, in 1982.

Survivors include her husband, B. R. "Bob" Gates of San Jon; a daughter, Cathy Wimberly of San Jon; and a son, Tracy Gates of Hartley, Texas; a sister, LaRue of Milwaukee; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. The family suggests memorials be to Tucumcari Helping Hands Hospice in memory of Jackie J. Gates.

Amarillo Globe-News, July 25, 2006

Burial::

San Jon Cemetery

San Jon

Quay County

New Mexico, USA

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