July 22, 1922 – January 23, 2020
Valdese, North Carolina
Dorothy Lee Gates Abee, 97, of Valdese, passed away peacefully on Thursday January 23, 2020 at Burke Hospice and Palliative Care following a period of declining health. Born on July 22, 1922 in Ellijay, Ga. she was the daughter of the late Andrew Franklin Gates and Tamer Sumner Gates. She was a seamstress…….