Mrs. Sybil Emily Rousseau Cates, 85, of 844 Harbor Town Boulevard, Perth Amboy, NJ, died Friday, September 16, 2011, at the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital.
Mrs. Cates was born in Franklin Springs, GA, daughter of the late Talmadge Henry and Eva Belle Brown Rousseau. She was a school teacher. She was also a missionary to Hong Kong, China, and served there with her husband Princeton Cates as Pentecostal Holiness missionaries.
Survivors include husband, Herman Princeton Cates of Perth Amboy, NJ; son, Christopher Cates of Perth Amboy, NJ; and sister, Evelyn Shealy of Franklin Springs, GA.
Funeral services for Mrs. Cates will be at 4 p.m., Saturday, September 24, 2011, at the Pruitt Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Mr. O. C. Collins and the Rev. Mr. Steve Cofer officiating.
Burial will follow in the Franklin Springs City Cemetery.
The body is at the Pruitt Funeral Home in Royston, GA where the family will receive friends from 2:30 p.m. until funeral hour Saturday afternoon. The family is at their respective homes.
[Editor's Comment: I want to correct an error I made in my initial news release about the death of Sybil Cates. I thought she was born in Hong Kong, but I was wrong. I have been corrected and stand approved now as corrected. She was born in Franklin Springs, GA.
I saw Steve Coker on the Delta Flight that I took out of Oklahoma City on Friday back to Atlanta. (I was in OKC this week for a Chaplains Ministries, IPHC Board Meeting.) Steve Cofer will be representing Bishop Doug Beacham and the World Missions Ministries of the International Pentecostal Holiness Church.
I saw Doug Beacham at the Global Ministries Center, GMC (I still call it headquarters), and he looked great. He is recovering from surgery to re-attach the retina of one of his eyes. The surgery appears to be successful. He has had to cancel a number of his engagements. Let us remember Doug Beacham in our prayers for complete and full healing.
May God bring comfort to this outstanding family. I wish I could be there today to support Princeton, Evelyn, and Christopher.]
Your friend in all seasons, Hugh H. Morgan
You may write me at: hugh@hughsnews.com
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Sat, September 24, 2011
by Hugh Morgan