Fred Pate

DATELINE: Cheraw, SC

DECEASED: Mr. Fred B. Pate, age 85, died Sunday, September 21, 2014

FUNERAL SERVICE: is 12:00 PM, Wednesday, September 24, 2014 at North Cheraw Baptist Church

INTERMENT: will follow in the Chatham Hill Memorial Gardens

VISITATION: is 11:00 AM to 12:00, Wednesday, prior to the service at the Church

HISTORY: Mr. Pate was born June 11, 1929 in Cheraw, SC a son of the late James Leonard and Rosa Sweat Pate. He was a retired Police Officer having worked with the Cheraw Police Department and the Bennettsville Police Department. Fred was a retired Security Guard with INA USA. He was a member and former Deacon of North Cheraw Baptist Church. Fred enjoyed working in his yard and fishing. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by his wife, Emily Brock Pate and by his brothers,Frank, W.T., Johnny, Lacy, James "Blondie",and Nathan Pate, and by his sister Gertrude Biles

SURVIVORS:
1 Son: F. Wayne Pate of Patrick, SC
1 Daughter: Kathy P. (Dwight) Byrd of Lexington, SC
Also 7 Grandchildren and 12 Great Grandchildren


MEMORIALS: May be made to Tide Water Hospice, 2858 Sunset Blvd., West Columbia, SC 29169 or North Cheraw Baptist Church, 101 Hartzell Avenue, Cheraw, SC 29520


Miller-Rivers-Caulder Funeral Home of Chesterfield, SC (www.mrcfuneralhome.com) is serving the Pate family.

Funeral Service is 12:00 PM, Wednesday, September 24, 2014 at North Cheraw Baptist Church

Interment will follow in Chatham Hill Memorial Gardens.

Visitation is 11:00 AM - 12:00 prio to the service at the Church