Janice Elaine Richardson Bates

November 11, 1943 - June 28, 2019

Tiplersville, MS - Janice Elaine Richardson Bates, 75. passed away Friday, June 28, 2019, at Tippah County Nursing Home in Ripley, MS. She was born on November 11, 1943, to Horace Herman and Ida Hensley Richardson in Tippah County, MS. She was a retired factory worker and a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Tiplersville, MS. Services will be at 11:00 AM Monday, July 1, 2019, in McBride Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Jeremy Hughey and Bro. Terry Ray Vuncannon officiating. Burial will follow in Falkner Cemetery in Falkner, MS. Visitation will be Sunday, June 30, 2019, from 5:00 PM until 9:00 PM and Monday, July 1, 2019, from 7:00 AM until service time at 11:00 AM at McBride Funeral Home. Janice is survived by her husband of 57 years: Jeff Franklin Bates of Tiplersville, MS; one daughter: Tracy Bates Crawford of Blue Mountain, MS; three sons: Greg Bates (Donna), Mike Bates, Stacy Bates (Jessica) all of Tiplersville, MS; ten grandchildren: Kelly Jeanes (Emily), Colt Bates, C. J. Bates, Macei Goodin (James), Cody Bates, Laney Crawford, Lijah Crawford, Samantha Bates, Emma Bates, Alley Bates; six great-grandchildren; a special nephew: Rickey Gates; and special friends: Bro. Lyndall and Barbara Davis. She was preceded in death by her parents; and one sister: Ruby Jean Gates. Pallbearers will be Kelly Jeanes, Colt Bates, C. J. Bates, Cody Bates, Gene Pannell, Heath Pannell, Ricky Pannell, Tyler Pannell, Eric Roberts. Honorary Pallbearers will be her Classmates of Falkner High School - Class of 1961; and the Staff of Tippah County Nursing Home. Memorials in memory of Mrs. Janice may be made to Falkner Cemetery Fund, % Town of Falkner, PO Box 117, Falkner, MS 38629. Expressions of sympathy, for the Bates family may be left at www.mcbridfeuneralhome.com