Thelma Pate
Posted: September 22, 2022
PHEBA — Thelma W. Pate, 89, died Sept. 19, 2022, at Fernbrook Person Care Home, Houston.
Graveside services are at 3 p.m. today, at Pine Bluff Cemetery in the Mantee community, with Tommy Temple officiating. Calvert Funeral Home of West Point is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Pate was born June 10, 1933, in Gloster, to the late Bonnie Wilkerson and Earl Whittington. She was formerly employed as a secretary for Sly Inc. and was a member of Pheba Baptist Church.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Glen Allen Pate Sr.; son, Shelby Wayne Sterling; and sister, Ruthie Hutchinson.
She is survived by her daughter, Janet Williams of Houlka; son, Glen Allen Pate Jr. of Mathiston; sister, Shirley Whittington; five grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Pine Bluff Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, ℅ Betty McNeal, 7999 Colony Road, Pheba, MS 39755.