Mr. Joe Allen Tate was born April 21, 1930 in Vian, Oklahoma, the son of Ottis Lafayette Tate and Pearl (Walters) Tate. He married Margaret Ann (McLemore) Tate on September 5, 1949 in Ft. Smith, Arkansas. Mr. Tate passed this life on November 3, 2008 in Muldrow, Oklahoma after having attained the age of 78 years, 6 months and 13 days.
Survivors are:
Wife: Margaret of the home
1 daughter and son in law: Linda and Blakely Smith
1 son and daughter in law: Danny and Vicki Tate
8 grandchildren; 16 great grandchildren; 2 great great grandchildren
2 sisters: Barbara Motta and Sue Reagan
special friends: harold and Agnes Niccum, Stan and Robin McMurray, and Son Little Joe
several other relatives and friends
he was preceded in death by his parents: Ottis and Pearl Tate 3 sisters: Wanna lewis, laura Reichert, and Roseann Tate and 3 brothers: Harry Lowell Tate, Leonard Lafayette Tate, and Jack Lewis Tate |