Tate III, Thomas Leonidas

Thomas Leonidas Tate III, 67, of Draper, Va. passed away Thursday, April, 21, 2016 in the Lewis Gale Hospital, Salem with his family by his side. He was born April 3, 1949 and was the son of the late Thomas L. Tate II and Estelle Violet Rigney Tate. He was retired from Volvo, raised beef cattle and was part of the Draper Fire Dept.

Surviving is his wife, Judy Wilson Tate; daughter, Leslie Tate; son, Derek Tate; grandchildren, Aurora Anderson, Nicole Anderson, Matthew Tate, Carlie McFarland and Landan Tate; great-grandchildren, Trinity Williams, Brooklynn Hillenburg and Isabella McPeak

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, April 25, 2016 from Stevens Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Draper’s Valley Presbyterian Church Cemetery. The Family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 24, 2016 at Stevens Funeral Home, Pulaski.

Arrangements by Stevens Funeral Home, Pulaski.