Georgia R. "Mabry" Gates was born July 23, 1936 in the city of Nettleton, MS to Robert and Jimmie
Partlow Mabry. She gained her heavenly wings on October 17, 2024 at Sanctuary Hospice in Tupelo, MS.
She was the ninth child of twelve children. She gained the love from everyone who knew her.
Georgia worked at Reed's Manufacturing for over twenty-five years. Georgia's passion for life included
loving her husband for 61 years and providing love for her children, grandchildren, great grandchildren
and many others. She loved baking, cooking, spending time with her family, church family and senior
citizen group.
Georgia accepted Christ at an early age and was a faithful member of Jerusalem Missionary Baptist
Church in Nettleton, and she later joined Red Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Tupelo, Mississippi
until her health failed. She was a faithful Usher Board member at Jerusalem for many years.
She leaves to cherish her memory, two daughters: Molethia "Gates" Wilder of Clarksville, TN; Sarah
Gates of Tupelo, MS; son Nathaniel Gates of Tupelo, MS; two brothers: James Mabry of Tupelo, MS;
Robert Mabry of Flint, Michigan; eight grandchildren: Angel, Daniel, Perez, Nathaniel II, Crystal, Brittany,
JaJuan, and Jacole, a host of great grand children and great-great grandchildren; one brother-in- law,
James Earl Gates of Tupelo, MS and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband Oscar Gates, her parents, Robert and Jimmie Mabry, five
sisters: Hattie, Lucy, Ada Mae, Arlera, and Vera Lee, and four brothers: Brewel, Curtis, Will, and Henry.