Mr. Clifton "Cliff" Tate

He leaves to cherish his precious memories, his wife of 56 years, Catherine H. Tate, four children: Kenneth Wilson (Debra) of Columbus, MS; Mark Tate (Juanita) of West Point, MS; Bridget Lewis (Lovell) of Burleson, TX; Sonya Roberts (Chadwick) of Fort Worth, TX; seventeen grandchildren, eighteen great-grandchildren, a bonus mother-in-law, Betty Jean Harris; two sisters, Mary Catherine Tate of Starkville, MS; Erma Allen of Memphis, TN; three brothers: Wade Jefferson and Alvin Jefferson both of Columbus, MS; George Jefferson of Haynes City, FL; one uncle, Albert Fox; six sisters-in-law: Willie Mae Tate, Mary Dell Young, Arlean Montgomery, Brenda Jackson (Paul), Beverly Brown (Ray), Connese Frierson (Douglas); three brothers-in-law: Isiah Harris (Francis), William Harris III, Anthony Johnson (Lula), and a host of nieces, nephews, and cousins.