Marilyn Tate

Services for Marilyn (Moorman) Tate, 77, of Jacksonville, Texas are scheduled for Saturday, June 7, 2025, at 10:00 A.M. at Stewart Family Funeral Home in Tyler with Bro. Nathan McBride officiating. Interment will follow at the Flint Cemetery. The family will receive friends and family Friday, June 6, 2025, from 6:00 P.M. – 8:00 P.M. in the Chapel at Stewart Family Funeral Home. Mrs. Tate died Monday, June 2, 2025, at her residence in Jacksonville. She was born July 3, 1947, in Kaufman, Texas to Charles Edward and Marie (McKinney) Moorman. She was a graduate of Kemp High School class of 1965. Following graduation, she attended Henderson County Junior College and East Texas State University, where she was a member of Alpha Chi and the Texas Student Education Association. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education in 1969. She taught elementary school for the Terrell Independent School District for 2 years. While working on her post-graduate degree at East Texas State University, she met Cecil Tate. Cecil and Marilyn were wed on January 29, 1972, in Kemp, Texas. She was a long-time member of First Baptist Church - Gresham where she was a member of the choir. After moving to Jacksonville, she joined Cove Springs Community Church in Jacksonville. She was an avid genealogist, life-long student who loved seeking knowledge and collected numerous books, enjoyed baking cookies for her grandchildren, enjoyed traveling with her sister, and she was a breast cancer survivor. She genuinely loved her family, including her extended family. She had the gift of gab, and the stamina to use it generously. She was preceded in death by her parents and grandson, Andrew Tate. Survivors include her husband Cecil of Jacksonville, son Keith of Whitehouse, son Troy Tate and wife, Sarah, of Flint, daughter Valerie Roberts and husband, Michael, of Tyler, step-daughter Tammy Edwards and husband Kevin, of Edmond, Oklahoma, her sister Janis Moorman of Tyler, grandchildren Eric Tate, Brian Tate, Timothy Tate, Grace Tate, Lily Tate, Rose Tate, Violet Tate, Glory Tate, Theodore Tate, Olivia Roberts, Caroline Roberts, Adalynn Roberts, step-grandson Private First Class, Barron Ramsey, US Army, “almost grandsons” Jaiden Lansdale and Aaron Bewley, as well as numerous other family and friends. Pallbearers are: Michael Roberts, Eric Tate, Brian Tate, Timothy Tate, Jaiden Lansdale, and Aaron Bewley. Honorary Pallbearer is: PFC, Barron Ramsey. If desired, memorials may be made to the Cove Springs Community Church, PO Box 2155, Jacksonville, Texas 75766 or to First United Methodist Church in Kemp, 304 E 9th Street, Kemp, Texas.

Marilyn Tate

July 3, 1947 - June 2, 2025