Obituaries:  Melvin J. Tate, Sabine Parish       T-300
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Feb 1, 1989
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Melvin J. Tate

  Graveside services for Mr. Melvin J. Tate, 74, were held at 1
p.m., Wednesday, January 25, 1989, at Centuries Memorial Park,
under the direction of Rose-Neath Southside Chapel. Officiating
was the Rev. Donald D. Heacock, pastor of Church of the Holy
Cross.

  Mr. Tate died Sunday, January 22, 1989, at 7 p.m., at LSU
Medical Center, after a lengthy illness. He was born in Mt.
Vernon, Illinois, had lived in Shreveport for 25 years, and was a
resident of Noble for the last five years. Mr. Tate was an
insurance salesman with Commonwealth Insurance Company.

  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mildred E. Tate of Noble; one
son, Steven Anthony Tate of South Bend, Ind.; five daughters,
Patricia Whorley, Laura Jane Huffman, and Bambi Cryer, all of
Shreveport, Rose Marie Cimino of Soranto, Pa., and Dawn McGowen
of Longview, Texas; nine grandchildren.