Surname	Pate
Given Name	Andrew Jackson
Nickname	Andy
Sex	Male
Born	09-MAY-1919 in Pinehurst, Montgomery County, Texas
Died	18-AUG-2010 in Richmond, Fort Bend County, Texas
Buried	Lakeside Cemetery, Eagle Lake, Colorado County, Texas
Father	Grover Jackson "Jack" PATE (12-SEP-1893 - 25-AUG-1983)
Mother	Nora Ann IVEY (01-DEC-1892 - 27-FEB-1980)

Marriage

Cyrene Alice FOLLETT; born: 29-AUG-1921 in Galveston County, Texas; died: 29-OCT-2009 in Richmond, Fort Bend County, Texas

Children

• Glenda Nell PATE; born: 02-JAN-1942 in Brown County, Texas
• Ronald Andrew PATE; born: 15-OCT-1944 in Brown County, Texas
• Donald Gene PATE; born: 06-JUL-1955 in Wharton County, Texas

Obituary

A Memorial Service for Rev. Andrew Jackson Pate, 91, of Richmond, TX, will be 11 AM Saturday, August 21, 2010, at First Baptist Church, 502 So. 5th Street, Richmond, TX 77469, with Dr. John Lockhart officiating. Burial will follow at 2 PM Saturday at Lakeside Cemetery, Eagle Lake, TX 77434.

Andrew Jackson Pate was born May 9, 1919, in Montgomery County, TX, to Grover Jackson Pate and Nora Ivey Pate. Brother Pate (Andy) went home to be with the Lord and his beloved wife of 70 years, Cyrene, on Wednesday, August 18, 2010. He graduated from high school in Dickinson, TX. He attended Howard Payne in Brownwood, TX, Chaplains School in Massachusetts (WW2) and Southwestern Seminary in Fort Worth, TX. A chaplain in WW II, he lived his entire adult life on a mission field to make the world a better place by helping people seek and find the Lord Jesus Christ. He served as a Baptist minister in many churches including Belle Plain Baptist Church in Brownwood, TX, Spring Baptist Church in Spring, TX, Jones Creek Baptist Church in Freeport, TX, First Baptist Church in Eagle Lake, TX, First Baptist Church in Sweeny, TX, First Baptist Church in Columbus, TX, Tri-City Southern Baptist Church in La Puente, CA, College Park Baptist Church in Houston, TX (Houston Baptist University) and First Baptist Church of Katy, TX. He also served as Director of Texas Baptist Encampment in Palacios, TX, for a three-year term. In his "retirement" years, he continued to look for ways to help people find Jesus in various ministries in the Texas Hill Country such as the VA Hospital in Kerrville, TX, and First Baptist Church of Harper, TX. Andy was active in numerous civic and church related organizations throughout his lifetime. He was especially active in Rotary Club in all the cities where he lived and served as pastor.

Survivors include three children, Glenda Holcomb and husband, Richard, Ron Pate and wife, Shirley, and Don Pate and wife, Linda; seven grandchildren, Shawn Pate, Heather Rutt and husband, Chris, LaJuana Post and husband, Gregg, Richard T. Holcomb and wife, Cristina, Michael Holcomb and wife, Janett, Kristen Fraley and husband, Steve, and Drew Pate; six great-grandchildren, Jacob Rutt, Allie Rutt, Richard Holcomb II, Hannah Holcomb, Declan Fraley, and Michael Glen Holcomb, Jr. He was preceded in death by his parents and by his wife, Cyrene Follett Pate.

His 3 children, 7 grandchildren, and 6 great-grandchildren will continue to carry with them forever the wisdom of his words, the inspiration of his faith, and the example of his unconditional love.

Memorials may be given in his memory to First Baptist Church of Richmond/General Fund, 502 So. 5th Street, Richmond, TX 77469.

Condolence messages may be written for the Pate family at www.garmanycarden.com

Services are under the direction of Garmany & Carden Funeral Directors, 1201 Fourth Street, Rosenberg, TX 77471 (281) 342-4671.

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