Mary was born in 1898. She was the daughter of William Bates and Annie Jenkins. She passed away in 1983.
Burial
Pickle Family Cemetery, Blakely, Early County, Georgia
Sources
Clifford Earl Anderson, Jr., grandson of George Washington Davis and Mary Lee Bates Davis
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3NN-MLN : accessed 29 November 2016), Mary Bates in household of William Bates, Militia Districts 854, 1164, Damascus, Cuba, Early, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 50, sheet 31A, family 581, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,193.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLKF-JMD : accessed 21 April 2017), Mary L Bates in household of William A Bates, Cuba, Early, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 84, sheet 13B, family 96, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 184; FHL microfilm 1,374,197.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJ81-Q8D : accessed 5 May 2017), Mary L Davis in household of George W Davis, Cuba, Early, Georgia, United States; citing ED 71, sheet 12A, line 14, family 43, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 245; FHL microfilm 1,820,245.
"Georgia Deaths, 1914-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDNS-QZK : 24 December 2014), Mary Lou Bates in entry for Elizabeth Davis, 10 Sep 1924, Early, Georgia, United States; citing reference 27054, Department of Archives and History, Atlanta; FHL microfilm 2322574.
"Georgia Deaths, 1914-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDVW-56G : 24 December 2014), Mary Lee Bates in entry for Melvin Phillips Davis, 09 Sep 1926, Early, Georgia, United States; citing reference 23925, Department of Archives and History, Atlanta; FHL microfilm 2364268.
"Georgia Deaths, 1928-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JJWB-1JB : 4 April 2016), Mary Lee Bates in entry for Davis, Mavis Majorie, 03 Mar 1928; citing Early, Georgia, United States, Georgia Archives, Morrow; FHL microfilm 4,335,156.
1930 CENSUS Cuba, Early, Georgia
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7LL-5PT : accessed 5 May 2017), Mary Lee Davis in household of George W Davis, Militia District 1164, Early, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 49-9, sheet 10B, line 63, family 180, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 668.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary: