Obituary of Daniel Tate

EC Tate Daniel Grady Tate Resident of Coinjock, NC Daniel Grady Tate, 80, of 114 Emperor’s Isle, Coinjock, NC, died Wednesday, April 20, 2005 at Chesapeake General Hospital. He was born in Duck, NC, and was the son of the late Thomas Tate and Hannah Scarborough Tate Spruill and the widower of Susan Griggs Cartwright Tate. He served in the U.S. Navy, was a retired veteran of the United States Coast Guard and finished his career as a civilian at the Coast Guard Aircraft Repair & Supply Center. He was a member of Coinjock Baptist Church and the Currituck Masonic Lodge #463 AF &AM. Mr. Tate loved gospel bluegrass music and enjoyed researching family genealogy and spending time with his children and grandchildren. Mr. Tate is survived by three daughters, Glenna Wyatt and husband Andrew of Coinjock, NC, Brenda Golia and husband David of Hollis, NH, and Christy Maxwell and husband Mark of Elizabeth City, NC; four grandsons, David Golia, II, Daniel Golia, Drew Wyatt, and John Mark Maxwell; two sisters, Norma Perry of Kitty Hawk, NC, and Minnie Griggs of Harbinger, NC; and two brothers, Charlie B. Spruill of Powells Point, NC, and Foster K. Spruill of Harbinger, NC. He was preceded in death by a sister, Etta Bowden. A funeral service will be held Friday, April 22, 2005 at 2:00pm in Coinjock Baptist Church with the Rev. Charles Wellons officiating. Burial will be in New Hollywood Cemetery. The family will receive friends following the service in the social hall of the church. Memorial donations may be made to American Parkinson’s Disease Association, 60 Bay Street, Suite 401, Staten Island, NY, 10301. Twiford’s Memorial Chapel, 405 East Church Street, Elizabeth City, NC, is in charge of funeral arrangements. To sign the online guest register, visit www.twifordfh.com.