Pate, Mary Evelyn - Houston Mary Evelyn Thomas Pate, 97, died Friday, June 20, 2014, at Trace Regional Hospital in Houston.
She was born July 13, 1916, in Houston to Charlie Clayton Thomas and Maggie Jadie Neal Thomas. She was a lunchroom worker for 20 years and a homemaker. She was a member of Prospect United Methodist Church.
Services are Sunday, June 22, 2014, at 2:00 PM at Houston Funeral Home with Rev. Jane Houser officiating. Burial will follow at Houston Cemetery in Houston. Houston Funeral Home in Houston is in charge of the arrangements.
Survivors include her son, Charles R. and Nancy Pate of Aberdeen; her sister, Minnie Jean Denson of Houston; her brother, Paul Doug and Evelyn Thomas of Paradise, CA; her grandchildren, Kimberly and Mario Simoes of Deland, FL and Kevin and Amy Pate of Nettleton; her great-grandchildren, Logan Pate, and Paisley Pate.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, James W. Pate; her son, James Thomas Tom Pate; her brothers, James Robert Thomas, Billy Thomas, Richard Dick Thomas; and her sister, Sarah Childs.
Pallbearers are Keith Tyke Thomas, Jamie Thomas, John Ford, Linda Ford, Clannie Butch Childs, and Donnie Alford.
Visitation will be Sunday, June 22, 2014, from 1:00 until the 2:00 PM funeral service at Houston Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to Rhodes Chapel Church, P. O. Box 110, Houston, MS 38851.