M. OATES
Ethel Mae Oates, 78, Littleton, WV died Friday, October 18, 2019 at her residence.
She was born November 16, 1940 at Fairmont, a daughter of the late Joseph Francis Fluharty and Edna Virginia Fordyce Fluharty.
Mrs. Oates was a homemaker and a member of the Worldwide Church of God.
Surviving are her husband, Leonard R. Oates, a resident at Cameron Continuous Care Center; two sons and their spouses, Leonard R. Oates, Jr and his wife Christina of New Martinsville and Paul Oates and his wife Vicki of Grafton; two brothers, Bill Fluharty of Virginia and Thomas “Buck” Fluharty of Oviedo, Florida; six grandchildren, Eric Oates, Brandon Oates, Paige Oates, April Fluharty, Connor Oates, and Josh Oates; several great-grandchildren; her Faithful Hunters, Dennis Fallecker of Chicora, PA, Kenneth Green and Dale Markle both of Slippery Rock, PA; and two men that were raised in the Oates household and considered as sons, Earl and Neil Daughterty.
In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by three sisters, Shirley Nicolette, Sylvia Eddy, and Opal McCourt; and by one son, Robert Oates.
Friends may call at the Tennant Funeral Home in Hundred from 6-8 PM Monday. Funeral services will be held in the funeral home at 11:00 AM Tuesday with Evangelist Steve Stevens officiating. Interment will follow in the Thomas Cemetery at Ned, PA.
Our thoughts and prayers are with Ethel's family. Such a wonderful and loving woman, she touched our hearts. Ethel will be missed.