9/9/2006
Joel Paul Tate
BURLINGTON — Joel Paul Tate , 91, of Morningside Drive, passed away Thursday, Sept. 7, 2006, at UNC Hospitals.
He was the husband of the late Maggie Scott Tate and the late Bessie H. Tate .
He was the son of the late Jacob William and Mattie Walker Tate . Paul was a native of Alamance County, a member of Altamahaw Baptist Church, and retired from Copland Fabrics.
Survivors include a stepson, Leo (Vera) Scott of Elon; two stepgrandchildren, two greatstepgrandchildren; many nieces and nephews; and a special friend Rose Clark. He was preceded in death by two wives; his parents; sisters, Annie T. Ward, Mary Carter, Lilly Cook; brothers, James Henry Tate , Jacob Tate , John Tate and Javan Tate .
The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Lowe Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. Walter Jones. Interment will follow in Stony Creek Presbyterian Church cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 this evening at Lowe Funeral Home and Crematory Inc., and at other times at the home of a niece, Nancy Penland, 3124 Burch Bridge Road, Burlington.
Memorials may be made to Altamahaw Baptist Church, 3447 Altamahaw Church St., Elon, N.C. 27244.
Condolences may be sent to the family at
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