He leaves to cherish his memories, his wife: Jeanie Ann Chandler-Tate, mother: Della Mae Tate of Starkville, MS; seven children: Aundra (Serenity) Bishop of Ocean Springs, MS; Sheryle Yarbrough of Morrow, GA; Laketa Riley of Charlotte, NC; Sheyenne (Keith) Spruell of Starkville, MS; Johnathan Mosley of Miami, FL; Jason Ahmaad Tate-Muhummad (Saabrah) of Washington, DC; Jermaine Cortez Tate of Tampa, FL; three step-children: Cierraca Deloach, Erica Deloach, and Desmond Hampton; two sisters: Lana Tate-Johnson (Dennis); Tanya Tate-Rice (Leo); four brothers: Llewellyn Tate (Rose) of Greenville, MS; Jarvis Tate, Ronald Tate of North Atlanta, and Danny Tate (Phyllis); twenty-one grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, five aunts all of Starkville, MS; five uncles, one great uncle, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.