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SHREVEPORT, LA - Funeral services for William Eugene "Gene" Tate,91 will be conducted at Hill Crest Memorial Funeral Home, Haughton, LA; Saturday, December 4, 2004 at 10:00 a.m. with Scott Teutsch officiating.

Interment will follow in Hill Crest Memorial Park, with Military Rites conducted by the 12th. District, Dept. of LA, Veterans of Foreign Wars- HONOR GUARD. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Friday, December 3, 2004 at the Hill Crest Funeral Home.

Mr. Tate, born August 10, 1913 in Lake Creek, Texas, entered into rest December 1, 2004 at the Veterans Hospital in Shreveport. He was a devoted father and husband. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II, was City Marshall of Zwolle, in the 40's and retired from Sperry Rand Corp. in 1976.

He was preceded in death by his wife of sixty-two years, Mary Jo Tate and their son, Joseph E. Tate.

Survivors include seven children, Jeanette Tate of Shreveport, LA; Evelyn Hopkins of Many, LA; Wiliam F. Tate and wife Hwang of Killeen, TX; Mildred Cannon of Van,TX; Charles Tate of Haughton, LA; Al Tate and wife Laurell of Haughton, LA; Beth Huddleston and husband Gerald of Bossier City, LA; Nephew, Pete Tusken and wife Janline, of Fort Worth,TX; and niece, Patty Tusken of Fort Worth,TX; twenty grandchildren, Rodney Hopkins, Lance Hopkins, Landon Hopkins, Nikki Hawkins, Joey Tate, Nancy Little, Angie Tate-Goodson, Damoris Tate-Keech, Searl Tate, Leann Adams, Lynnette Thompson, Clint Cannon, Justin Cannon, Misty Bourgeois, Joshua Tate, Emily Tate, Lori Tate, Stephenie Marze, Kyle Newton, Heather Bonnette, and sixteen great-grandchildren.

The Tate family would like to express our deep appreciation to The Doctors, Nurses, and other care-givers at the VA Hospital. You took such wonderful care of our father during his last days.

Hill Crest Funeral Home

(Published in The Shreveport Times on December 3, 2004)

William married Mary Josephine Ebarb 1 Jan 1942, Many, Sabine Parish, Louisiana, USA. Mary (daughter of Willis Walter Ebarb and Angeline Crnkovic) was born 14 Jun 1926, Zwolle, Sabine Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 17 Feb 2004, Haughton, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 20 Feb 2004, Hillcrest Memorial Park and Mausoleum - Red Chute, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. Mary Jeanette Tate was born 3 Jun 1943, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 30 Jan 2020, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA.
2. Evelyn Magalen Tate was born 10 Jan 1945, Zwolle, Sabine Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 9 Aug 2019, Many, Sabine Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 17 Aug 2019, Oak Hill Baptist Church Cemetery - Many, Louisiana, USA.
3. W.F. Tate
4. M.L. Tate
5. Joseph Eugene Tate was born 4 Sep 1949, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 18 Sep 1988, Bossier City, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 21 Sep 1988, Hillcrest Memorial Park and Mausoleum - Red Chute, Louisiana, USA.
6. C.D. Tate
7. A.L. Tate
8. E.A. Tate