Funeral services for Mrs. Mary E. Bates will be conducted at 11:00 am on Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at Saulters Moore Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Steve Graves officiating.  Interment will follow in the Carson Cemetery.  Mrs. Bates entered into the eternal rest of her Lord on Saturday evening, August 8, 2026 at Stone County Hospital in Wiggins Mississippi.  Saulters Moore Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements.

The family will receive friends on Tuesday, August 11, 2026 from 9:30 am until the hour of service at 11:00 am at Saulters Moore Funeral Home.

A complete obituary will be forthcoming.