>From the Kokomo tribune Kokomo, Indiana Publication date: January 28, 2003 JOSEPH PATE Jan. 20, 1933 - Jan. 21, 2003 Joseph Elvin "Cowboy" Pate, 70, Kokomo, died Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2003, at his home. He was born Jan. 20, 1933, in Centerville of Faulkner County, Ark., the son of Nellie (Chance) and Nath Pate. On June 24, 1981, in Conway, Ark., he married Mary Joann (Milligan) Bagby and she survives. He retired from Button Motors as a service manager, working there for nine years. He was a member of the Church of Christ in Arkansas and a former member of the Eagles. He loved his dog, "Macabee", and enjoyed working in the yard, C.B. radios, camping and fishing. He is survived by his wife, Mary Joann Pate; one son and daughter-in-law, Jack E. and Teresa Pate, Kokomo; one daughter and son-in-law, Linda D. (Pate) and Roger Johnson, Kokomo; a stepson, James T. Bagby Jr., Kokomo; a stepdaughter, Stacey L. (Bagby) and husband Robert Hjelmeland, Kempton; five sisters and two brothers-in-law, Martha Pearce, Annie Atkisson, Bracy (Owens) Kleczka, Zell and Arthur Tindall, and Bertha and Lewis Warren, all of Arkansas; 16 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother and four sisters. Services are 1 p.m. Thursday at Ellers Mortuary Webster Street Chapel, 3400 S. Webster St., with Pastor James Ball officiating. Burial will be in Crown Point Cemetery. Friends may call 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the mortuary.