| Show Military Rites Honor Capt opal Kent Jent Bites Botes I Full military rites were performed performed per per- formed Thursday Oct 20 in m I funeral services for tor Air Force Captain Kent S. S Bates Bales Bountiful ful CuI who was killed when his jet airplane crashed shortly after aCter take off Saturday morn morn- ing Capt Bates was enroll t c e chome chome home from a week six squadron squad squad- ron officers officer's school at Maxwell air force base Ala Bishop Norman R. R Bowen of or orthe the Bountiful Sixteenth Ward conducted the services Prayer at the Union Mortuary prior to the funeral was offered by Dr Robert an air ex-air force companion Carlos Asay a 11 teammate of oC Capt Bates was the main speaker Musi Musical e c a I 1 numbers were provided by Bp p. p Harold Yancey who sang In Inthe Inthe Inthe the Garden and Face to Face He was accompanied by Mrs 1 Yancey who also played the prelude and postlude music The invocation was given by Keith Kidd and the benediction b by Tom Cardon Capt Gordon Weed Jr of ot the theair theair theair air force gave a biography of his friend Burial was in the Bountiful Memorial Park where Kendell Williams dedicated the grave Full military honors were under under under un un- un- un der the direction of or Hill air tir force base personnel Commanding Com Corn Commanding manding officer was Lt Col L. L P. P Boon and Capt Gene R. R Duerden conducted the rites Participants were members of or orthe the Defense Sy s t tern e m Evaluation Squadron and the A B Wg I Honorary pallbearers were Maj James J. J Scanlon Capt Jimmie L. L Smith Capt John JohnT T T. Golding and Lt William W. W Dodd Active pallbearers included Lester G. G Russell William E. E t Tompkin Michael Mi Ii Michael chael P P. P l McGriff Henry L. L Krasnesky Michael D. D Walker and Larry P. P After ACter the dedicatory dedicator prayer the pallbearers folded the large American flag covering cring the casket casket cas casket ket and presented it to to Mrs Bates James C. C Robinson then led a firing tiring squad squad in a three gun salute Members of or the tho squad were Thomas i H. H Parham Robert C C. Campbell Bill Crawley Larry F. F Rich Ale Kennet Kenneth Ken Kenneth net neth W. W Sandel and Arsene Arsene Arsene Ar Ar- sene P. P Lavalee The color guard was made up of Jessie Daniels Arnold Sims and Arthur The impressive service was concluded with the playing of taps by Steven Butters and Ralph Sherwood after aCter which a low flying jet formation passed overhead Capt Bates Bales entered the air cr force farce as a second lieutenant in Aug ug 1953 after graduating from the University of or Utah While at the university he was a member of or the varsity basketball basketball basket basket- ball team He lie was graduated from Idaho Falls High School in 1949 where he was a member of or the schools school's basketball team In his sophomore year ear at the I University of Utah he was named the most promising sophomore of the Skyline Conference Con Terence ference in a press service sur sur- vey He was assigned to the Defense System i t ion o n Squadron at Hill air force base at the time of his death lIe He had previously served in Texas and Japan Kent Simmons Bates Bales was born Jan 8 1931 in Driggs Ida a son of ot J. J Harrell and Violet Simmons Bates Bales He lie married mar mar- marred ried red Williams Mar 18 1952 in the Idaho Falls temple Chur Church h of or Jesus Christ Christof Christor of or Latter day Saints His survivors include his widow wid wid- ow ow two sons and a daughter Kevin Kent Jeffrey Brian and Tracy Diane Bates all of ot East North Bountiful his parents two brothers and a sister Eugene Bates Jay Bates and Mrs I 1 Myril ril Patricia Patricia Patri cia Curnutt all of Idaho Falls PJ Pl |
