Bill Eugene Tate passed away Thursday, May 5, 2011.
Service: 10 a.m. Saturday at Altamesa Church of Christ, 4600 Altamesa Blvd., Fort Worth. Interment: Laurel Land Memorial Park. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Altamesa Church of Christ.
Memorials: In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Foster's Home for Children, P.O. Box 978, Stephenville, Texas 76401.
Bill was born Aug. 11, 1925, in Huckabay and graduated from Huckabay High School. After graduating, Bill served in the U.S. Navy on the aircraft carrier USS Lexington during World War II and then attended John Tarleton College.
He married his wife, Mary Lou Sublett, on their fifth date in 1946, and together they had three children. Bill supported his family by first serving as an apprentice for Plasterers Local 34 and then obtaining various plastering jobs for over 40 years. He did ornamental work out of plaster, including ornamental plaster restoration work on the W.T. Waggoner building in Fort Worth. After he retired, he delivered Meals on Wheels, worked as a mentor at Westcreek Elementary and was a volunteer at Harris Methodist Southwest Hospital for 18 years.
Bill was a member of the Trail Lake Church of Christ and the Altamesa Church of Christ for 50 years. He was an avid gardener and shared his tomatoes with friends and neighbors. Bill was a truly wonderful and caring man who will be greatly missed by all.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Myrtle Tate; four brothers; three sisters; and son-in-law, Doug Brown.
Survivors: Wife of 64 years, Mary Tate; daughters, Jena Daniels and husband, Larry, of Weatherford, and Melissa Brown of Crowley; son, Mahlon Tate and wife, Melanie, of Fort Worth; grandchildren, Scott Daniels of Tucson, Ariz., Merri Kristen Daniels of Weatherford, Ashley Flowers and husband, Michael, of Burleson, Maggie Whitt and husband, Jason, of Hewitt; great-grandchildren, Camille, Everett, Henry and Elijah; brothers, Johnny Tate, Bobby Tate and Jimmy Tate, all of Stephenville; sister, Tommie Ruth Tate of Stephenville; brother-in-law, Pat Sublett and wife, Joann; and many nieces and nephews.
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