Mary Hill Bates, 75

A retired Carrier employee, she was preceded in death by husbands, Jimmy Hill and Jay Bates; brothers, John, Bud and Beryl Gilliam; sisters, Lula Mae Cox, Elemerey Layne and Irene Meeks.

She is survived by children and their spouses, Curtis Hill, Norman and Peggy Hill, Eddie and Susan Hill, Teddy Hill, Robin and Donnie Sells, Clara and Randy Leonard, all of Pelham; brother, Earl Gilliam of Greeneville; sister, Alberta Magouirk of Pelham; 10 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. today at Cumberland Funeral Home in Monteagle with Rev. John Burge officiating.