To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under the heaven . . . Ecclesiastes 3:1

Ecclesiastes 3:2: A Time To Be Born . . .
Mr. Render Gates, Jr. was born on July 2,1952 in Troup County, to the parents of Render and Pearl Gates in Hogansville, Georgia.

Ecclesiastes 3:2: A Time To Die . . .
Render Gates, Jr. departed his life on Thursday, October 9, 2014 at his home in Lagrange, Georgia. Render is preceded in death by his sister, Vera Elaine Gates.

Ecclesiastes 3:5: A Time To Embrace . . .
He leaves to cherish his memories: five brothers, Jimmy (Mattie)
Gates of Hogansville, GA, Japhus Gates, Nathaniel Gates, Charlie
(Gloria) Gates, Bruce (Jennifer) Gates of Hogansville, GA; four
sisters, Ida Mae Grier, Lisa (Timothy) Gates of Lagrange, GA, Inez
Gates, Alice Hardaway of Hogansville, GA; also a special Home
Health Nurse, Anita; and a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews,
cousins and other relatives and friends.