Charles Ray Pate's Obituary
Funeral services for Charles Ray Pate, 76, of Dry Creek, LA, will be held at 10 AM Friday, March 25, 2016, at Labby Memorial Funeral Home Chapel in DeRidder, LA, with Rev. Sonny Simpson officiating. Visitation will be held on Thursday, March 24, 2016, from 5 PM until 9 PM, and Friday, March 25, 2016, from 9 AM until service at the funeral home. Burial will follow in Dry Creek Cemetery under the direction of Labby Memorial Funeral Home in DeRidder.
Charles Ray, the son of Lehman and Lora Lavada Smith Pate, was born on August 1, 1939, in DeRidder, LA. He passed away on Wednesday, March 23, 2016, in Kinder, Louisiana.
He was a lifelong resident of Dry Creek, LA, and was a retired Supervisor with Beauregard Electric Coop., Inc. in DeRidder. He was an avid outdoorsman, loving to hunt and fish and work in his garden.
He is survived by one son, Michael Wayne Pate (Agnus) of Mittie, LA; two daughters, Deborah Foreman (Dennis) of Houston, TX, and Lisa Morvant (Jonathan) of Moss Bluff, LA; seven grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
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