Ms. Karen Elizabeth Cates
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HESTER, WHITTED & DAYE FUNERAL SERVICE
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Ms. Karen Elizabeth Cates, age 49, departed her Earthly life and entered eternal rest on Friday, May 8, 2026 at Person Memorial Hospital in Roxboro, North Carolina. She was a native of Person County, born on June 16, 1976.
Karen was a graduate of Person High School - a proud member of the “Class of 1995”. She attended the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Karen was a gifted artist who loved to draw.
Karen was preceded in death by her father Walter Cates, Jr. and sister Anita Cates.
Ms. Karen Elizabeth Cates leaves to cherish her memory her mother Bonnie Jean Bumpass Cates of Roxboro, North Carolina; sisters: Beverly Cates, Sandra Cates and Jennifer Cates, all of Roxboro, North Carolina; nieces: Cierra Thorpe of Greensboro, North Carolina; Ayanna Thorpe-Nelson (spouse: Trenton) of Spring Lake, North Carolina; and Yakira Thorpe of Danville, Virginia; nephew Spencer Cates of Roxboro, North Carolina; great-nieces: Ya’vani and Ya’lannie Dunn of Danville, Virginia; great-nephew Jiraya Nelson of Spring Lake, North Carolina; aunts: Bobbie Herbin, Gladys Newman, Barbara Harris, Queen Clayton, Virginia Cates, Jackie Hamlett-Whitaker (spouse: Myron) and Mary Ann Pickett; uncle Wally Torain (spouse: Karen); and numerous additional loving relatives and friends.
Public Viewing
Thursday, May 14, 2026
1:00 PM until 6:00 PM
(The Family will be present from 5:00 PM
until 6:00 PM.)
Hester, Whitted and Daye Funeral Service
603 South Main Street
Roxboro, North Carolina 27573
Phone: (336) 599-0104
Funeral Service
Friday, May 15, 2026
1:00 PM
(A Visitation will be held from 12:30 PM
until 12:59 PM.)
Greater Cleggs Chapel Community Missionary Baptist Church
2601 Surl Mount Tirzah Road
Timberlake, North Carolina 27583
Phone: (336) 364-8207
Reverend Herbert Bass, Eulogist
Burial
Greater Cleggs Chapel Community
Missionary Baptist Church
Cemetery
Timberlake, North Carolina
