Offices of Woods & Bates to be closed Friday

[March 12, 2014]  In honor and memory of William C. Bates Jr., the offices of Woods & Bates in Lincoln will be closed on Friday, March 14.

William "Bill" C. Bates Jr. practiced law in Lincoln beginning in the 1950s. In 1972 he joined with Robert J. Woods and Dick H. Woods Jr. and formed the Woods & Bates Law Office, which today is run by Bill’s son and grandson, Bill and Blinn.

Funeral services are planned for Friday at 11 a.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church with Father Mark Evans officiating.

Memorials may be made to the George Gahr Memory Unit at the Christian Nursing Home or to the Abraham Lincoln Healthcare Foundation.

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