March 7, 2019
86 year old Jewell White Tate of Smithville passed away Wednesday at St. Thomas DeKalb Hospital. She was a member of Smithville First Baptist Church and was formerly employed at Westinghouse in Smithville and as a cafeteria worker at Battleground Academy. The funeral service will be Sunday, March 10, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. at the Chapel of Love-Cantrell Funeral Home. Bro. Chad Ramsey and Bro. Bill Palmiter will officiate and burial will be in DeKalb Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be Saturday from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. and Sunday from 12:00 noon until the time of the service at 2:00 p.m. Mrs. Tate was preceded in death by her parents, Tom and Elsie Bennett White; her husband, Howard Tate; a sister, Lavelle Anderson and a brother, T. J. White. Survivors include her daughter, Carol and Gary Buckles of Franklin; granddaughter, Lexi Cothran of Franklin; and grandson, Kace Buckles. Two sisters, Jo Dean Redmon and Billie Joyce Webster of Smithville. Several nieces and nephews also survive. Love-Cantrell Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Donations in memory of Mrs. Tate may be made to the Smithville First Baptist Youth Fund.