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Angela Crates

1951 - 2025

BORN

1951

DIED

2025

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Brooks & White Funeral Home and Crematory - Roxboro

907 Durham Road

Roxboro, North Carolina

Angela Crates Obituary

Angela Sue Cates, 73, of Orange County, died on Monday, September 15, 2025. Born in Durham County. Ms. Cates was the daughter of the late Arthur Green Cates Sr., and Dorothy Lee Buchanan Peach-Cates. Ms. Cates loved her family, cats and dogs. She also had a passion for reading and her flowers.

Ms. Cates is survived by one brother, Danny Cates, several nieces and nephews; Rhonda Peach Beckwith, Frankie Lee Peach Jr., Tamra Peach Laws, Kimberly Ann Peach, Larry Wayne Peach Jr. and several great nieces and nephews.

Memorial service will be held 2 p.m., Friday September 19, 2025 at the Brooks & White Chapel with the Rev. Ed Jenkins officiating.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the family, c/o Brooks & White Funeral Home, P.O. Box 1135, Roxboro, NC, 27573.

Condolences may be sent to www.brooksandwhite.com.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by The News & Observer from Sep. 16 to Sep. 18, 2025.

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