Mrs. Ella Pearl Pate

Mrs. Ella Pearl Pate, 84, passed away on October 5, 2018, at Waverly Care Home in West Point. Mrs. Ella Pearl was born June 11, 1934, in Bolivar County in the Alligator Community, the daughter of the late John Allen and Willie Belle Gore Burges. Mrs. Ella Pearl was a member of the Old Aberdeen Road Church of Christ in West Point. She was a longtime bookeeper for both Knickerbocker and Big Yank Manufacturing in West Point. Mrs. Ella Pearl married Billy Nathen Pate on May 17, 1952, in Houston and he passed away November 13, 1991. In addition to her parents and husband, Mrs. Ella Pearl was preceded in death by her daughter-in-law: Janet Foreman Pate and by 4 Brothers: Willis Albert, Charles Preston, Hubert Eugene, and Harold "Bo" Burges. Funeral services will be Monday, October 8, 2018, at 10:00 A.M. from Calvert Funeral Home Chapel with Mr. John Bauer officiating. Burial will follow in Memorial Garden Cemetery in West Point. Calvert Funeral Home of West Point is honored to be entrusted with the arrangements. Survivors include one son, Allen Pate of Burns, TN; two grandchildren, Macy Carington Pate of Nashville, TN, and Thomas Dalton Pate of Pilot Point, TX; two sisters, Edna "Jeannie" Coleman of Montpelier and Betty Ann Criddle of Flowood; and a number of Nieces and Nephews. Pallbearers will be Tim Coleman, Robert Champion, Shane Austin, Jay Criddle, Les Pollard, and Garey Austin. Visitation will be Sunday 5:00-8:00 P.M. at Calvert Funeral Home. Friends may leave an online condolence at www.calvertfuneralhome.com