Bessie Dagmar TATE

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OBITUARY

WANAMAKER, Bessie "B.D." Tate - McMinnville resident and Grundy County, TN native Bessie "B.D." Tate Wanamaker, age 88, was born August 19, 1923 and died September 11, 2011 at River Park Hospital following a sudden illness.

A homemaker and member of the Philadelphia Baptist Church, she was the daughter of the late Clyde and Bessie Morton Tate, Sr. She was married to Conard Wanamaker who preceded her in death February 8, 1989. In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by one son, Bradley Matthew Wanamaker.

She is survived by eight children and their spouses, Iris and Herbert Walker, Sr., Mike and Joyce Wanamaker, Jim and Maxine Wanamaker, Ricky and Floressia Wanamaker, Johnny Wanamaker, David and Ella Wanamaker, Bill and Nelda Wanamaker and Donna and Ricky Simons all of McMinnville; twenty-one grandchildren, thirty great-grandchildren, eleven great-great-grandchildren and sister-in-law, Mildred Tate of Cookeville, TN.

A graveside service and interment will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at Philadelphia Cemetery in Grundy County, TN with Anthony Wanamaker and Jeff Hill officiating. Visitation will be held from 9:00 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at High's.

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Bessie married Conard Wanamaker. Conard was born 08 Jun 1916, Grundy Co. TN; died 08 Feb 1989, McMinnville, Warren Co. TN; was buried , Philadelphia Cemetery, Grundy Co. TN. [Group Sheet]

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Willie married Bessie Morton 11 Nov 1904, Grundy Co. TN. Bessie was born 26 Apr 1888, Grundy Co. TN; died 19 May 1974, Grundy Co. TN; was buried , Morton Memorial Cemetery, Beersheba Springs, Grundy Co. TN. [Group Sheet]

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Robert married Serena America Dutton 18 Nov 1877, Grundy Co. TN. Serena was born 28 May 1855, Cherokee, Colbert Co. AL; died 18 May 1932, Altamont, Grundy Co. TN; was buried , Altamont Cemetery, Altamont, Grundy Co. TN. [Group Sheet]

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Excerpt from Tate Families of the Southern States, Volume II, 1984, by Laura W. Mentzel & Ethel S. Updike

John J. Tate family bible now in possession of Oscar Tate.

G. S. Tate et al vs. Virgil Hill, et al

In this course, the death of one of the complainants, J. J. Tate, was suggested and admitted in open court, and it being admitted in open court that Elizabeth Tate, F. M. Tate, R. D. Tate, J. S. Tate, E. M. Tate, W. M. Tate, J. A. Tate, Mary Creighton, and V. L. Tate as the children, and Agness Boyd, Fannie Nunley, Mary Northcutt and Lucy Northcutt are the grandchildren and only heirs at law of the said J. J. Tate, deceased and Frank Boyd is the husband of Agness Boyd and John Creighton is the husband of Mary Creighton and J. J. Nunley is the husband of Fannie Nunley, on motion of K. P. Pearson, solicitor of complainant, this suit is filed in the name of the above mentioned parties as heirs at law of the said J. J. Tate, and the cause ordered to stand in the same plight and condition as it was at the time of the death of the said J. J. Tate. (No date given. Page and book not readable.)

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John married Martha Hicks 11 May 1845, Grundy Co. TN. Martha was born 01 Dec 1829, Grundy Co. TN; died 13 Dec 1906, Beersheba Springs, Grundy Co. TN; was buried , Armfield Cemetery, Grundy Co. TN. [Group Sheet]

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