Yes, when I saw those pallbearers I knew that I should know who L.M. Pate was. Ray Tackel is my husband's uncle, and Chris is the son of another uncle, Roy Tackel. I had forgotten, but my husband said that L.M. Pate ran the "Angus" Bar-B-Q restaurant here in Bridgeport for many years. His sister, Mildred Jenkins, was married to a good friend of my cousin's. My husband didn't remember a sister, Juanita Pate Payne. Did you see on one of those records that it said that her husband's name was Howard Payne? Maybe that will help you find them in Houston. Sometimes those funeral records are a great source of information. I hope these help you. Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: Gordon E. Case To: Sue Tackel Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 1:02 PM Subject: RE: funeral record for Pearlie Mae Spencer Pate Curious coincidence? Noted that for funeral of Lewis M. Pate, Jr. (L.M. Pate 12/1917-5/1984) two of the pallbearers were Ray and Chris Tackel. Any relation of yours? Gordon -----Original Message----- From: Sue Tackel [mailto:drycreek@wf.net] Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 8:40 AM To: gecase@earthlink.net Subject: funeral record for Pearlie Mae Spencer Pate Found the funeral records for Pearlie Mae Spencer Pate, her husband Lewis, and son L.M. on the list on page http://homepages.ntws.net/sites/wisemuseum/funeral_records.htm . Pulled these up and will send them to you in separate emails. They have LOTS of good information at the bottom including the grandchildren's names and where they live. From this it looks like Pearl had 3 daughters and one son - Mildred Jenkins of Bridgeport, Juanita Payne of Houston, and one that died in 1916 - and one son L.M. of Bridgeport. Sue