Ronald Wayne Tate Jr

Ronald Wayne Tate, Jr., 42, died Wednesday, November 9, 2005 in Largo, Florida, where he had made his home for the past few years. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 P.M. Sunday at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Brother Joe Rhodes officiating. Burial will be in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends Saturday from 5:00 - 8:00 P.M. at the funeral home. Notes of sympathy may be sent to the family at www.oakesandnichols.com. A longtime resident of Maury County, he was the son of the late Ronald Wayne Tate, Sr. and Mary Ann Nelson Tate Wyatt. He was a 1981 graduate of Columbia Central High School and employed as an optician. Survivors include one son, Duston Wayne Tate of Spring Hill; four brothers, David (Shannon) Wyatt of Summertown; Dane (Joanna) Wyatt of Paducah, Kentucky; Todd Tate and Kevin (Dana) Wyatt, both of Columbia; one sister, Dara (Steve) Botts of Summertown; paternal grandmother, Birdie Mae Chapman Tate of Lewisburg; stepfather, Jim Wyatt of Summertown; beloved friend, Sonja Giddens of Largo, Florida; several aunts, uncles, cousins, and many friends in Largo, Florida. Pallbearers will be Brian Riddle, Justin Riddle, Brian Emerson, and Steve Botts.