*Media Obituary*Willie D. Bateman, 66, of Big Spring, died on Saturday, February 4, 2006, in a local nursing home. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM Wednesday, February 8, 2006 at the Nalley-Pickle & Welch Rosewood Chapel with Rev. Kenneth Noble, Chaplain for Home Hospice, officiating. Interment will follow at Mt. Olive Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM Tuesday, February 7, 2006, at the funeral home.Willie was born on April 17, 1939, in Apple Springs, Texas and married Lloyd Bateman on October 20, 1956 in Greenville, Mississippi. He preceded her in death in 1982.Willie had lived in Big Spring since 1977. She was a Baptist.Willie enjoyed crocheting, yard work, flowers, and country music. She loved her children and grandchildren very much and will be missed by all.Survivors include three daughters, Ginger Austin, Charlotte James and Carolyn Bateman all of Big Spring; three sisters, Lena Mae Johnson of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Elaine Brantley and Nancy Hardie both of Dermott, Arkansas; and 10 grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by her parents, McDuffie and Ada Mae Steel, three sisters, Pauline Cessor, Mickie Strickland and Betty Zane Cessor, and one brother, Nathan Steel. The family suggests memorials be sent to the American Diabetes Association, Midland Office, 10 Desta Drive, Suite 220 E, Midland, Texas 79705.Arrangements under the direction of Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home & Crematory of Big Spring. Online condolences can be made at: www.npwelch.com,
