Juanita Grace Mantooth Tate, who resided near Lavaca, passed away Sunday, August 4, 2019, at her home. She was born July 19, 1925, in Cecil, to the late Sam Mantooth and Mattie M. Hays Mantooth. She was 94 years old. She was preceded in death also by her husband, Howard M. Tate; four sisters, Inez Mantooth, Jeanne Baker, Gladys Thornton, and an infant sister.

Grace worked many years for Orsburn Processing Plant in Bloomer. She retired from General Electric and was a faithful member of Union Baptist Church. She was a loving mother and grandmother, and will be missed by everyone who knew her.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, August 9th, at Brotherton Funeral Home Chapel in Charleston, with Bro. Don Bradford and Bro. Kyle Horton officiating. Burial will be at Tate Cemetery, located west of Vesta, under the direction of Brotherton Brothers Funeral Home and Flower Shop in Charleston.

She is survived by two daughters, Janice Reed and husband Tommy of Lavaca and Joyce Gramlich and husband Raymond of Dover; a son, David Tate and wife Jeanne of Lavaca; three sisters, Beulah Mae Stubblefield of Peter Pender, Shirley Ingram of Fort Smith, and Louise Tate of Oklahoma City; five grandchildren, Sarah Bolin of Russellville, Tammie Fogo of Fort Smith, Lisa Duffy of Rogers, Ronni Young of Charleston, and Justin Tate of Lavaca; nine great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers are Justin Tate, Jamie Young, Drew Young, Reed Kopec, Alec Bolin, and Brett Bolin.

The family will visit with friends from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.

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