Horace Wesley Oates (1920 - 2004)

Born 9 Oct 1920 in Vian, Sequoyah, Oklahoma, United States

Died 2 Jan 2004 at age 83 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

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Biography

Horace Oates is a part of US Black heritage.

Horace Wesley Oates was born October 9, 1920. He was the son of Ossie William Oates and Willie Phillips.

He served in the 2nd World War and was a member of the last class of black soldier pilots who have come to be known as the Tuskegee Airmen^[1].

Horace married Princie Cola Nelson on 13 May 1942 at Tulsa, Oklahoma^[2].

They had at least one daughter.

He also served in Korea.

He died on 2 January 2005 and was buried at Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson, Muskogee County, Oklahoma^[3]. PLOT: Section 20, Site 87

Sources

1. ↑ "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8P1-WRG : 5 December 2014), Horace W Oates, enlisted 24 Oct 1942, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
2. ↑ "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995." Database with images. FamilySearch. "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29M-9BHH : 23 March 2020), Horace Wesley Oates and Princie Cola Nelson, 13 May 1942; citing Oklahoma, various county courthouses, Oklahoma; FHL microfilm.
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30904943/horace-wesley-oates: accessed 24 October 2022), memorial page for Horace Wesley Oates (9 Oct 1920–2 Jan 2005), Find A Grave: Memorial #30904943, citing Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson, Muskogee County, Oklahoma, USA; Maintained by MillieBelle (contributor 46628380)

• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKL7-9TBW : accessed 24 October 2022), Mr Horace Wesley Oates, Oklahoma, United States, 06 Jan 2005; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Tulsa World, born-digital text.

See also:

• "United States Census, 1940." Database with images. FamilySearch. https://FamilySearch.org : 18 July 2022. Citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB2X-NSL