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William Bruce "Willie" Pate
26 Jun 1889 – 2 Mar 1981
| Birth | 26 Jun 1889 |
| Death | 2 Mar 1981 |
| Cemetery | Pleasant Grove Cemetery Timpson , Shelby County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Virginia Wilson Bailey on 09 Feb 2019 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42628013 |
Bio
William Bruce Pate was born to William Robert Pate and Rachel Mae Hicks, June 26, 1889, in Shelby County, Texas. He died March 2, 1981 in Shelby County, Texas. On October 25, 1908 Willie married Myrtie Peace from Shelby County, Texas, daughter of John Cleveland Peace and Angeline "Angie" Taylor. Before her death in 1911, she gave birth to a son, Dalton Pate September 18, 1911. Dalton for the most part lived with his grandparents, William Robert Pate and Rachel Mae Hicks. On May 11, 1913, Willie married Ida Powdrill, from Shelby County, Texas. To this union was born ten children. Willie and Ida did a great job of raising their large family. Information from research and personal knowledge. Obituary: Willie Bruce Pate of the Arcadia Community, Route 1 Center, died March 2, 1981, in Nacogdoches Medical Center after a brief illness. He was 91. Services were held in Taylor Funeral Home Chapel in Timpson, Wednesday morning at 11:00 a.m. with the Rev. Sammy Eldredge, pastor of Timpson Missionary Baptist Church. Mr. Pate was a retired farmer, a member of the Baptist Church, and a lifelong resident of the area. He was born in Shelby County, June 26, 1889, the son of William Robert Pate and Rachel Hicks Pate. He was married to Myrtie Peace. To this union was born one son, Dalton. After the death of his first wife, he married Ida Powdrill in 1912. She died in 1959. In 1962 he was married to Monnie Belle Blackburn. Survivors are his wife, Monnie Belle Pate of Center; four sons, Dalton Pate of Timpson; R.C. Pate of Porter, Arvel Pate of Timpson, and William Pate of Center; five daughters, Oleta Darnell and Willie Day Green, both of Nacogdoches, Laverne Hughes and Orine Ingram of Pasadena, and LaMerle Cockerhan of Humble; thirty-two grandchildren; fifty-one great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. Grandsons were pallbearers. Burial was in Pleasant Grove Cemetery with Taylor Funeral Home directing arrangements. Published in the Light & Champion.
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- James Robert "Bob" Pate 1870–1958 FaG
- John Daniel Pate 1872–1954
- Elizabeth Jane "Lizzie" Pate Billue 1875–1969 FaG
- Mary Ann Pate Jones 1885–1971 FaG
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- Dalton Pate 1911–2015
- R C Pate 1914–1986 FaG
- Oleta Pate Darnell 1916–1998 FaG
- Corp Pershing Pate 1918–1944 FaG
- Arvel Pate 1920–2009 FaG
- Willie Day Pate Green 1923–2002 FaG
- William Aden Pate 1925–1996 FaG
- Laverne Pate Pope 1929–2017 FaG
- LaMerle Cockerham Pate Monkres 1932–2014 FaG
- Orine Pate Ingram 1937–2021 FaG
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