Margie Pate, 82, of Moody, died Dec. 14, 2012,
Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Cole Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Jon Gartman officiating. Interment was in Moody Cemetery.
Mrs. Pate was born March 18, 1930, in Mart to William Alford and Jennie Rosalee (Naylor) Fletcher. She was a member of Eagle Springs Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her parents; first husband, Claude Brown; second husband, K.O. Pate; two brothers, Mack Fletcher and Boyd Fletcher; two sisters, Beulah Johnson and Amaleta Brown.
Survivors include two daughters, Claudia Brown of Gatesville and Linda Kay Fisher of Flat; two brothers, Gene Fletcher of Moody and Cal Alford Fletcher of Colleyville; three sisters, Willie Kaldenbach of Moody, Barbara “Bobbie” Tanner of Gatesville and Patricia Ross of Troy; and three grandchildren.
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