Family will be receiving friends on Tuesday, January 5, 2021, from 11 a.m. until 12 p.m., at Kilgore-Green Funeral Home. Service will follow at 12 p.m., in the Kilgore-Green Chapel, with burial at Scott Cemetery. Greg Tinker will officiate.
Jerry was a devoted husband, loving Dad and PawPaw. He was the pillar of the community and was a jack-of-all-trades. Jerry was a humble servant of the Lord and his community of Scott Cemetery and Townley. He will be greatly missed.
He was preceded in death by his parents, John William Pate and Myrtle Dodson Pate; sisters, Marjorie Handley, Audrey Alexander; and brothers, Aaron Pate, Bob Pate, Marlin Pate and Gene Pate.
He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Bernice Jackson Pate; daughters, Denise Pate Clements and Tanya Pate Pruett (John); grandchildren, Megan Davis (Brian), Cody Clements (Catie), Kalyn Wells, Alexa Pruett and Hadley Pruett; great grandchildren, Raelyn Haygood, Gabby Davis, Jaxon Clements, Hudson Clements and Gavin Davis, sister, Barbara Johnston, Sheryl Wakefield; brother, Estal Pate (MaryLou) and a host of nieces, nephews and friends.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to, Pregnancy Test and Resource Center Jasper, AL.
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