Graveside services for Mahogany Naomie Bates, infant daughter of Ureeka Bates of Ferriday, LA will be held February 17, 2018 at 10:00am at the Whitehall Cemetery in Vidalia, LA. The infant was born at Merit Natchez Health Hospital in Natchez, MS. She is survived by her mother, Ureeka Bates; two brothers, Tyvon Hawkins, Jr. and Treyvon Hawkins; her maternal grandmother, Sarah Bates; great uncle and great aunt, Ernest and Phyllis Elllis all of Ferriday, LA. And a number of other aunts, uncles and cousins.

"For a moment I was with you, then too soon, I was taken away. Though brief was our time together, my memory will still live on. . ."