Mr. Clarence W. Pate, formerly of Samson and Enterprise, passed away Thursday, Nov. 29, 2007, at the North Florida Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Graceville, Fla., following a brief illness. He was 94. Funeral services will be 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9, 2007, from the First Baptist Church of Enterprise with Dr. Lance Hogan officiating. Burial will follow in the Meadowlawn Cemetery with Sorrells Funeral Home of Enterprise officiating. The family will receive friends at the First Baptist Church beginning at 1 p.m. and continuing until service time. Mr. Pate was born April 24, 1913, in Hartford to the late William Daniel and Ida Clemmons Pate. His family owned and ran the Royal Theatre picture show in Samson for many years. During WWII he served in the Army as an aviation radio repairman for B-17 Bombers. He was also an avid volks-marcher, winning many awards as the oldest volks-marcher, and was very proud he could walk several miles when he was in his 70s and 80s. He was in the Ham Radio Operator's Club, his call letters W4FOS, his radio handle was "Speedy" Pate. His wife of 69 years, Adelaide Miller Pate, survived him for 4 days. Three brothers and four sisters also preceded him in death. Survivors include his daughter, Betty C. Ausley of Dumfries, Va.; his son and daughter-in-law, James W. and Jerrilyn Pate of Dothan; five grandchildren, Mark and Jason Ausley of Virginia, Michael Ausley of Kentucky and Laura and Jeremy Pate of Dothan; six great-grandchildren. Sorrells Funeral Home of Enterprise, (334) 347-9598, is in charge of arrangements. To sign a guest register, visit http://www.sorrellsfuneralhomes.com/. Published in Dothan Eagle from December 1 to December 7, 2007