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Submitted: 11/10/20 • Approved: 11/11/20 • Last Updated: 11/14/20 • R365331-G0-S3
“Pete”
1906-1976
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Services for Elijah Elbert Tate Sr., 70, of 1018 Bowman, were at 2 p.m. today in the Bible Baptist Church with the Rev. Leonard Forsythe pastor, officiating.
Burial was in Sunset Memorial Cemetery under the direction of Minton Mortuary.
Mr. Tate died at 6 p.m. Monday in North Plains Hospital. He was born Jan. 19, 1906 in Barry County, Mo.
He was employed as an asbestos insulator and was a member of Bible Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, six sons, one daughter, three sisters, two brothers, 16 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were H.B. Knoechney, Don Schaffer, James Hepler, Bob Klause, Kenneth Speegle, and Glen Felker.
Honorary pallbearers were T.C. Donnell, Leonard F. Gipson, and W.W. Hopkins.
(Published in Borger News Herald, November 17, 1976)
Contributed on 11/10/20 by neldapat
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