Background
Bates, Harold Martin was born on March 11, 1928 in Wise County, Virginia, United States. Son of William Jennings and Reba (Williams) Bates.
Bates, Harold Martin was born on March 11, 1928 in Wise County, Virginia, United States. Son of William Jennings and Reba (Williams) Bates.
Judith Lee Farmer, June 23, 1978. Bachelor of Arts Economics, College William and Mary, 1952. Bachelor of Laws, Washington and Lee University, 1961.
Special agent Federal Bureau of Investigation, Newark and New York City, 1952-1956. Technical sales representative Hercules Powder Company, Wilmington, Delaware, 1956-1958. Investigator United States Defense Department, Lexington, Virginia, 1959-1962, Louisville, 1959-1962.
Practice law, 1961-1962. Secretary-treasurer, director, house counsel Life Insurance Company of Kentucky, 1962-1966. Practice law Roanoke, Virginia, 1966—2007.
Retired, 2007; secretary, director James River Limestone Company, Buchanan, Virginia, 1970-1996. Secretary Eastern Insurance Company, Roanoke, 1984-1987. President, Skil, Inc., organization for rehabilitation Vietnam veterans, Salem, Virginia, 1972-1975.
Freshman football coach Washington and Lee University, 1958-1960. With airborne United States Army, 1946-1947.
Served to corporal United States Army Airborne, 1946-1947, Pacific Theater of Operations. Member Virginia Bar Association, Roanoke Bar Association, William and Mary Alumni Association (board directors 1972-1976), Society Former Special Assemblies of God Theological Seminary of Federal Bureau of Investigation (chairman Blue Ridge chapter 1971-1972).
Married Audrey Rose Doll, November 1, 1952 (divorced March 1978). Children: Linda, Carl. Married Judith Lee Farmer, June 23, 1978 (divorced February 2002).
Married Helen H. Herndon, May 1, 2004.