Anna Walker Tate

YOUNGSTOWN – Anne Walker Tate passed away Jan. 20.
Anna Walker was born Dec. 23, 1915, in Hatchet Station, Ga. Her family moved to Campbell when she was 10 years old.
After she graduated from Campbell Memorial High School, she worked in various jobs. One of her jobs was in a beauty shop in Baum Arcade near McKelvey’s with a beautician, Grace Hill Walker.
In 1935 she began to work for a physician, Dr. William P. Young, in Campbell. Dr. Young shared a reception room with a dentist, Dr. James P. Tate. She and Dr. Tate, affectionately known as “J.P.,” united their lives in holy matrimony on May 27, 1938. Along with her wonderful stepson, Donald, she and J.P. added to their family James and Philip. Their marriage of 52 years ended on Jan. 22, 1990, when Dr. Tate departed this life.
While the boys were young, she was a homemaker, dedicating her life to the care of her family. Only after her sons were in school, she decided to enroll in Youngstown College. In 1950 she graduated with a bachelor of arts in the social studies Program. In 1958 she received a degree in education from Youngstown College and in the 1960’s she received her master’s degree from Westminster College. She taught at Thorn Hill Elementary School from 1959 until her retirement in 1997. She was a member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority and a charter member of the Delta Lambda/Youngstown Alumnae Chapter.
She was a devoted member of St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church serving as Superintendent of the Sunday School, Chairman of the Committee for the History of the parish, a member of the Episcopal Church Women, and various other committees.
She leaves to cherish her memory her sons, Donald, James and Philip (Willia) Tate; her grandchildren, Philip Jr. (Lorrie), Donald J., James P. and Brittany Tate and Winslow (Jennifer) Warren; her great-grandchildren, Sydney, Jensen, and Cameron Tate and Virgil and Wyatt Warren; her cousins, Essie Morton Brown and Bertha Smith Lewis; her grandnephew, Michael (Connie) Shaeffer; and a host of other family and friends.
Friends may call from 2 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 25, at the L.E. Black, Phillips & Holden Funeral Home.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church.