Eula Young Oates

Eula Young Oates, 80, died March 16, 2005 in Greenville, South Carolina. A native of Due West, South Carolina, she was the widow of Thomas M. Oates. She is survived by three children, Lisa Oates Todd of Fayetteville, TN, Jackie Oates Thompson of Greenville, and Dr. Thomas M. Oates, Jr. of Danville, VA. She is also survived by nine grandchildren, Robert Thompson, Caroline Lowder, Rachel Hudson, Samuel Todd, John Thomas Oates, Jacob Thompson, Anna Oates, William Oates, and Elisabeth Oates, four great-grandchildren, one sister, Eloise Aultman, and one brother, Dr. Reynolds Young. Mrs. Oates graduated from Erskine College and worked briefly for TVA before her marriage. She taught mathematics in York and Rock Hill, SC for thirty years prior to her retirement in 1989. She was a woman of many talents. She was especially generous with her talent as a vocalist both in the communities where she lived and in her church choirs. She loved her family and her church and served on many committees of her local church, First ARP Church of Rock Hill, and of the Synod and Synodical of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian denomination including a term as President of the Womana?(TM)s Synodical Union and many years as Treasurer of the WSU. Graveside services will be held 10:30AM Friday, March 18, 2005 in the Due West Cemetery with a memorial service to follow in the Due West ARP Church at 11:00AM. Memorials may be sent to World Witness at the ARP Center in Greenville, SC for missionary support or to the Mission Fund of the First ARP Church of Rock Hill, SC. Online condolences may be sent to the Oates family by visiting www.harrisfuneral.com. HARRIS FUNERAL HOME, of Abbeville is assisting the Oates family.