Sandra Gates

Sandra Gates, 85, of Kountze, passed away Monday, December 5, 2022. She was born in Hillsboro to Ester Avery Ward and Edger Ward.

Funeral service was Saturday, December 17 at First Baptist Church in Kountze under the direction of Broussard’s Mortuary in Silsbee with burial following at Old Hardin Cemetery in Kountze.

Survivors include her husband, William E. Gates; son, James Lloyd of New Jersey; daughters, Michelle Lollar and husband Milton of Kountze and Shannon French and husband Serge of Lutz, Florida; sister, Diane Ward and husband Terry of New Waverly; and seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.