Mrs. Agnes B. Tate

Published 6:53 am Thursday, March 15, 2012

Jan. 25, 1920 –

March 14, 2012

Services for Mrs. Agnes Burdeshaw Tate, 92, will be held Saturday, March 17, 2012, at 11 a.m., at Harvest Assembly of God Church in Bainbridge with Rev. Malcolm Parker officiating. Andy Tate, Dewayne Tate, Bo Kent, Jared Long, Levi Dunn and Jack Newberry will serve as pallbearers.

The family will receive friends Friday from 5-7 p.m., at Cox Funeral Home Chapel.

Agnes Burdeshaw Tate was born January 25, 1920, in Malone, Fla., to Archie and Matilda Burdeshaw. She died Wednesday, March 14, 2012, at Bainbridge Memorial Hospital.

She was married to James Alvin Tate and was a wonderful pastor’s wife and Sunday School teacher. Agnes loved to sew, read and quilt. She was a member of Harvest Assembly of God Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, son, James Terry Tate, and sister, Alice Wilkerson.

Mrs. Tate is survived by her sons, Randy Tate and wife, Elaine of Springfield, Mo. and Michael Tate and wife, Judy of Venus, Fla.; her daughter, Carolyn Alday of Bainbridge; daughter-in-law, Helen Tate of Bainbridge; 10 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; and 6 great-great-grandchildren.

Memorial donations may be made in her honor to Harvest Assembly of God Church, 2222 Dothan Road, Bainbridge, GA 39819.

Cox Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.