TATE, CHESTER WRIGHT

Surnames:  TATE, WRIGHT, JENKINS, CRISWELL, DENARD, GARRETT, MALICK, HAY.

WACO TRIBUNE-HERALD
Waco, McLennan Co., Texas
Friday, Dec. 8, 1995

       MARLIN -- Chester Wright (Pop) Tate of Marlin, a retired night superintendent for General Tire and Rubber Co., died Thursday at a local hospital.  He was 81.
       Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church in Marlin, with Dr. John Jenkins officiating.  Burial will be at Calvary Cemetery in Marlin.
       Mr. Tate was born June 5, 1914, in the Blue Ridge community of  Falls County.  He graduated from Reagan High School and attended Baylor University.
       He worked for General Tire and Rubber Co. from 1944 to 1976, retiring as a night superintendent.  He was a former city council member in Marlin and a former municipal judge.  He was an avid deer hunter.
       Mr. Tate married Amelia Myrtlene Criswell on April 21, 1935, in Marlin, and she preceded him in death on Aug. 6, 1974.  He married Pauline Criswell Denard on July 4, 1975, in Fort Worth, and she preceded him in death on Sept. 24, 1995.
       He also was preceded in death by a son, David Wright Tate, in 1983.
       Survivors include a son, Tommy A. Tate of Marlin; a daughter, Amy Tate of Marlin; a stepson, Charles T. Denard Jr. of Corinth; a stepdaughter, Jennifer Denard Garrett of Odessa; two sisters, Mary Beth Malick of Rosebud and Margaret Ann Hay of Marlin; nine grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
       Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church of Marlin, the Samaritan House of Marlin or the American Heart Association.
       Adams Funeral Home in Marlin is in charge of arrangements.

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Submitted - typed as spelled
and written: Lena Stone Criswell