Palestine High School Alumni Association

01 / 02 / 1973  –  04 / 05 / 2006

Graveside services for Robert Wayne (Bert) Coates, 33, of Palestine will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Chapel of the Air at Land of Memory Cemetery under the direction of Herrington/Land of Memory Funeral Home.

Mr. Coates died Wednesday in Palestine from injuries received in an automobile accident.

He was born January 2, 1973, in Metairie, La. to John Robert and Wanda Gail Knight Coates. He had lived in Palestine since 1988 and was a 1991 graduate of Palestine High School. He worked several years at TDCJ Michael Unit and was currently working in the oil field. He was a Baptist, loving son and wonderful father.

Mr. Coates was preceded in death by a son, Christopher Allen Coates; grandmother, April Page Knight; and grandfather, Ted John Coates.

He is survived by his mother, Wanda Coates Lair and husband David Lair of Palestine; father, John Coates and wife Phyllis of Quitman; daughter Elizabeth Anne Coates and her mother Annette Goodman, both of Palestine; brother, Daniel Coates and wife Tammy of Guatemala; sister Candis Lively and husband John of Palestine; grandparents, Milton and Wanda Knight of Edinburg and Margaret Coates of Quitman; and several nieces and nephews.

Honorary pallbearers will be Stanley Knight, Spike Gonzales, Travis Gonzales, John Lively, Major Knight, Jim Nash, Cliff Statham and John Boyd.

Visitation will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Herrington/Land of Memory Funeral Home.

Source: Palestine Herald-Press 04-09-2006 Wayne Coates 1991