MAC GATES
JR HIGH PRINCIPAL


Mr. Gates also served on the Malvern Housing Authority board for several decades.
Bill Lamkins
(12/30/01)

Posted at the internet club:
Mac Gates has died!  So has Mrs. Strauss.. 
MALVERN 
Mac Stuart Gates, 89. 
–––––MALVERN — Reverend Mac Stuart Gates, 89, of Malvern died Friday, July 4, 2003. 
Survivors: wife, Mary Elizabeth Brown Lee Gates; son, Rual Lee; one brother. 
Visitation 2-4 p.m. Sunday, July 6. Funeral 2 p.m. Monday, July 7, Regency Funeral Home Chapel. 
Burial, Rest Haven Memorial Gardens. Arrangements by Regency Funeral Home, Malvern. 
-ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE
(7/6/03)

Thanks, Bill-Jake! Both were favorites of mine! 
-Martha Chadwick Lindvall
(7/6/03)

Mac Gates passed away last night at 11:00 p.m. 
His funeral is planned for Monday. Thought everyone would want to know. 
He was my last uncle still living. I will miss him. He is home with his Father whom he loved so dearly. 
May God bless Aunt Elizabeth.
-Ken Gray
(7/6/03)

Ken, my prayers and thoughts are with you and your family. 
I don't have any uncles still around. 
But I feel their presence and guidance in every step I take. 
My love to your Aunt Elizabeth also.
-Judy Keeley
(7/6/03)

Ed and I send our deepest sympathies! 
We both thought the world of him.
His faith and love of people were only some of the things that were precious about him.
-Martha 

I am saddened to hear of the death of Mr. Gates. 
I know he had been ill for some time, and his suffering is over, but still it is a sad loss. 
He was a good example to many of us in our junior high years and beyond. 
My prayers are with his family.
-Conrad Lawson
(7/6/03)

I am really sorry to hear about the death of Mr. Gates. 
I regret not going to see him while I was in Malvern the past several weeks. 
But things got very hectic for me. My elder sister died June 15th in Malvern. 
We have lost a lot in the past month or so. Mrs. Strauss, Mr Gates, and I just found out about Jack Tarlton. 
-Mike Drain
(7/8/03)

Ken, I am so sorry about your loss. 
I know he was a wonderful man man in your life because he was such a great influence to so many 
other people who weren't related. 
You are very fortunate to be related to such a great person. 
He was my all time favorite in school. I guess because he was so fair to everyone and showed compassion. 
He was also a great encourager. I know you will miss him. 
My prayers are with you, your Aunt Elizabeth and all the other family members. 
Unfortunately, I read about his death too late to be at the 
funeral, but my thoughts and prayers are with you'll now.
-Dianne Edwards Henderson
(7/8/03)

Mary Elizabeth Gates met her husband, the late Mac Gates, at the Elite Cafe.
Mary was a waitress there.
She recalls that Mac was driving a bus and stopped in for a bite to eat.
Mary accidentally overcharged Mac a dime.
She paid Mac back, but kidded him often during their 54 years of marriage that he was too cheap to let her keep the dime as a tip.
Mac died this summer.
-MALVERN DAILY RECORD (Article about Elite Cafe)
(9/26/03)