GEORGE, HUBERT, JOHN, CURTIS BATES, BESSIE NUNNELLEY, & ALLIE BOYCE
I AM TRYING TO LOCATE ANY RELATIVES OF THE ABOVE LISTED FAMILY.MY FATHER IN LAW WAS GEORGE FRANK BATES, BORN 7/10/1900 OR 01.THE OTHER PEOPLE LISTED ARE HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS.HE WAS BORN IN BOAZ ALA.I DO NOT KNOW THE NAME OF HIS PARENTS AND AM TRYING TO FIND THAT OUT.HE ALONG WITH SOME OF THE OTHER CHILDREN WERE PLACED WITH OTHER FAMILIES AS THEIR PARENTS COULD NOT TAKE CARE OF THEM AT THE TIME.SOME OF THE CHILDREN WERE LATER RETURNED TO THE PARENTS BUT NOT HIS FATHER.HE WAS PLACED WITH A FAMILY WAS TEACHING AT SOME COLLEGE IN TENN AND LATER MOVED TO GEORGIA.MR BATES WOULD NEVER TALK ABOUT HIS PARENTS BUT DID GO TO A FAMILY REUNION IN HOLLY POND AL SOMETIME IN THE MIDDLE 60'S.THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT SOME OF THE SIX BROTHERS AND SISTERS HAD SEEN EACH OTHER IN 40 YEARS.IF ANYONE CAN HELP ME WITH ANY INFORMATION ON THESE PEOPLE I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.