Funeral services for Mr. Bobby Gates, 77, of West Monroe will be held at 10:00 AM, Tuesday, December 28, 2010 in the chapel of Kilpatrick Funeral Home West Monroe. Reverend Werner Aswell and Reverend Darryl Floyd will be officiating. Interment is to follow at Olla Cemetery under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home West Monroe LA. Mr. Gates was born July 31, 1933 in Monroe, LA and passed away December 24, 2010. Bobby was a veteran of the United States Navy and a General Motors retiree. He was a member of New Chapel Hill Baptist Church and an avid fisherman and hunter. He was preceded in death by his mother and stepfather, Nettie and Harvey Leonard, father and stepmother Delmar and Erdell Gates, and sisters Helen Chumley and Carol Sue Gates. Left to cherish Bobby's memory is wife Shirley Gates; daughter Kristi Fife; granddaughter Brianna Fife; sisters Liz Moore, Frances Wallace of West Monroe, LA, Linda Sherman of Bossier, LA, and sister and brother-in-law Wanda and Danny Young of Haughton, LA; brother and sister-in-law Chris and Suzanne Gates of Columbia, LA; special sister-in-law, Carolyn Floyd of Olla, LA; and many nieces and nephews and a host of friends. Pallbearers will be nephews Dale Floyd, Bill Floyd, Charles Floyd, Keith Floyd, Chris Kelley, and Jesse Johnson. The family would like to give thanks to the staff at the Northeast LA War Veterans Home for the care and concern shown to him during his stay there and a special thanks to Dr. Caroline Battles for all of her love and support over the years. Visitation will be held Monday, December 27, 2010 from 5:00 to 8:00 PM for the family at Kilpatrick Funeral Home West Monroe.