Martha Sue Gates

Martha Sue Jones Gates August 13, 1947 - September 9, 2022 Martha Sue Jones Gates was called to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, September 9, 2022, with her loving family by her side. Martha was a true, proper Southern lady - loving, giving, soft-spoken, strong, sweet, and polite, yet feisty. She also enjoyed serving her community and country as a poll worker. Martha loved her church (Jones Chapel Methodist Protestant) and was a Sunday school and vacation bible school teacher. She also enjoyed gardening, reading, and was an avid deer hunter. Martha Sue Jones Gates was born in Atmore, Alabama, on August 13, 1947. She later moved to Mobile, AL, where she was raised and met the love of her life, Marion H. Gates, Jr, during their middle school years. Martha is preceded in death by her parents, Herman Kuno Jones and Mary Cornelia Jordan Jones; her beloved in-laws, Marion H Gates and Margie Lee Philips Gates; her brother, Herman George Jones; her sisters, Mary Kathryn Jones Quinley and Amanda Jane Jones Staples; and her sister-in-law, Margo Lynn Gates Nabors. Martha is survived by her loving husband of 54 years, Marion Harold Gates, Jr; daughter Margie "Elaine" (Matt) Stone; son Marion Harold (Irina) Gates III; grandchildren Tiffany Lauren Deakle, Katerina Marion Gates, Brandon Tyler Deakle, and Terra Leeanne Fredrickson; great-grandchildren Juliet Amelia Skipper, Liliana Krystine Deakle, Brandon Tyler Deakle, and Isabel Rose Tarleton; sister Roselynn Cooke; brother Reginald Lee (Sandra) Jones; and a host of nieces, nephews, family and friends. There will be a memorial service at Jones Chapel Methodist Protestant Church on Saturday, September 17, 2022, at 11AM. In lieu of flowers, please donate to the American Heart Association.