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Oct. 1--Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo., Obituaries

William Harrison Bates, 86, of Columbia died at home on Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2007.

There will be no funeral services per Mr. Bates' request.

Mr. Bates was born April 27, 1921, in Lexington to Worth and Faye Bates. He graduated from Lexington High School, Wentworth Military Academy and the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Business in 1946.

He was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity.

A pilot in the Army Air Forces during World War II, Mr. Bates began his long career in banking in 1946 after the war. His first banking job was with the Lexington Savings Trust Co.

Mr. Bates married Eloise Green on ...

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