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Clarence ‘Tater’ Tate -
Jonesborough Mr. Clarence “Tater” Tate, age 76, Jonesborough, passed away Wednesday, October 17, 2007, at his residence. Mr. Tate was born and raised in Yuma, VA, and attended Cleveland High School. He was the son of the late Anderson Jackson & Augustine Elizabeth Winegar Tate. In addition to his parents, Mr. Tate was also preceded in death by three sisters, Mary Belle Mullins, Thelma Augustine Howell and an infant; five brothers, Auburn J. Tate, Reuben S. Tate, William E. Tate, Henry L. Tate and James Massie Tate. He was of the Baptist faith and he was a US Marine and served in Panama. Mr. Tate played Bluegrass music on the fiddle and bass with Bill Monroe, Lester Flatt, Wilma Lee Cooper and Red Smiley. After retiring from the Grand Ole Opry, he and his wife moved from Nashville to Jonesborough. He taught in the Bluegrass Department at ETSU. Survivors include his wife, Lois Starnes Tate, Jonesborough; one daughter and son-in-law, Millie & Ronnie Green, Jonesborough; two sons and daughter-in-law, Eddie & Joana Harold, Olympia, WA, and Frank “Humpy” Harold, Nashville; one brother and sister-in-law, Lloyd H. & Jamie Tate, Weber City, VA; five grandchildren, six great-grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews and cousins. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, October 20, 2007, at Dillow-Taylor Funeral Home with Rev. Jamie Ferguson officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 12:00-2:00 p.m. Saturday prior to the service and other times at the home of the daughter, 4193 Cherokee Road, Jonesborough. Interment will follow in Roselawn Memory Gardens. Pallbearers will be friends and family. Condolences may be sent to the Tate family online at www.dillow-taylor.com. Dillow-Taylor Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Jonesborough, 753-3821 |
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