Joe Tate

Billy Joe Tate, age 79 of Springfield, TN died Thursday August 25, 2016 at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville. Memorial Services will be held at 1 pm on Tuesday August 30, 2016 in the Oakhurst Chapel of the Robertson County Funeral Home with Rev. Jim Woodard officiating. Honorary pallbearers will be Monty Stewart, Charles Watts, Henry Dean, Randy Wix, Ken Petty, Darrell Lassiter, Dr. Matt Browning, Jim Woodard, and the Robertson County Fair Board. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Tuesday from 11 am until the hour of service at 1 pm.
Mr. Tate was born August 9, 1937 in Franklin, KY to the late Robert Lee Tate Jr. and Mary Catherine Neely Tate. His wife Rita Fisher Tate and brothers, Larry Tate and Bob Tate also preceded him in death. Joe worked for many years at the Robertson Co. Farmers Co-op and owned and operated F and F Implement and Auto Sales with his son Brent. He was a member of the Robertson County Fair Board for over 40 years. In his spare time Joe loved to be on his boat.
Surviving him are his son and daughter-in-law, Brent and Cynthia Tate of Springfield; grandchildren, Jodie (Josh) Reynolds and Jason Bolen; great grandchildren, Hayden and Barrett Reynolds, Brandon, Ashton and Carson Bolen; brother, Gerald "Tater" Tate of Springfield, and sister, Carol Ann Sletto of Springfield.
The family request that if so desired memorial donations may be made in Joe's memory to the American Cancer Society. All donations may be sent care of the Robertson County Funeral Home.
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