Wilma Jewell

Tate

Wilma Jewell Tate daughter of the late Elsie Lewis Johnson and Edgar Johnson was born in Centerville, Missouri, on February 16, 1933. She departed this life at Southeast Health in Ellington, Missouri, on July 3, 2014, at the age of 81.

On February 18, 1950, Wilma was united in marriage to Alvin Otto Tate and to this union two children were born. Wilma was a member of the Centerville Assembly of God, which was her home church. They Pastored Joy Hill Church, Hickory Grove Assembly of God, Bunker Assembly of God, Dagonia Assembly of God and Birch Tree Assembly of God. Earlier in life they evangelized traveling through Iowa and Missouri. Wilma loved to play the guitar, sing and write poems and she taught Sunday school. Her other hobbies included gardening, sewing and she loved flowers and being with her children and grandchildren. She enjoyed seeing the world through the eyes of her daughter and listening to her husband and children play music.

Wilma was preceded in death by her parents, Edgar and Elsie Johnson, her son, David Tate, two brothers, Bob and Orville Johnson, and two sisters, Mildred Johnston and Velma Bodie.

Wilma is survived by her husband, Otto Tate of Centerville, Missouri, one daughter, Carolyn Dement and husband Richie of Centerville, Missouri, six grandchildren, J.D., Barry, Jeannie, Jerame, Steven and Nathaniel, five great-grandchildren, Cheyenne, Cameron, Cody, Abby and Levi, one brother, Lewis Johnson of St. Louis, Missouri, and one sister, Hazel Blackburn of Kansas City, Missouri. Wilma will be deeply missed by her family and many friends who will mourn her passing.


Visitation: Sunday, July 6th at 11 AM

Funeral Services follow at 2 PM at McSpadden Funeral Home

Minister: Donnie Dement

Music: Geraldine Rains

Burial: Corridon-Reynolds Cemetery

Pallbearers: Terry Nahrup, Randy Sartin, Alex Rutledge, Jim Dement, Ray Dement and Larry Dement.

Arrangements by McSpadden Funeral Home, Ellington, Missouri

In lieu of flowers: McSpadden Funeral Home for funeral expenses.