- Date Of Birth: September 5, 1925
- Date Of Death: November 26, 2010
- State: North Carolina
CATESGREENSBORO Mr. Walter Elmer Cates, 85, a former resident of Durham, died on Friday, November 26, . Cates was born in Durham on September 5, 1925. He was a World War II veteran of the U. S. Army Air Corps and retired after 35 years from Burlington Industries as an Electrical Engineer. He was a member of the Friendly Avenue Baptist Church where he served as a Deacon. He was preceded in death by his wife, Vernelle Vaughan Cates and his mother, Dora Bell Baldwin is survived by his son, Mark Cates and wife, Linda of Raleigh; daughter, Martha Lou Cates Gaskins of Richmond, Va.; grandchildren, Nichole Cates Miller and husband, Timothy of Palo Alta, California, Keri Cates of Princeton, N.C., Melissa Gaskins Johnson and husband, Afton of Richmond, April Gaskins of Richmond and a great-grandchild, Brooks Johnson.
