Barbara was born in Shawnee, OK on 9/1/40. She married Jerry T. Bates on 11/27/59 after moving to Texas.
Barbara's banking career spanned 50 years at North Dallas Bank & Trust. Her first job was to manually key in data. Through her diligence and conciseness she was promoted to a bank officer. Upon her retirement she was was the Executive Vice President and Cashier over the bank's operations. She was a driving force in the bank's success as evidenced by the bank establishing the Barbara A. Bates Award in 2003 to recognize employees that go above and beyond for their customers.
Barbara was a loving wife, mother, sister, aunt and friend. She was proceeded in death by her husband, Jerry. She is survived by her devoted daughter Kelly, brothers Doyle Reeves, Joe Reeves and numerous family members and friends.