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Additional CATE Surnames in RIEFF'S CHAPEL Cemetery
CATE, Cora FrancesCATE, David O.CATE, Hazel M.CATE, Dora AgathaCATE, InfantCATE, Lela PearlCATE, Matilda JaneCATE, LafayetteCATE, Ora ColumbusCATE, Rosie G.CATE, Houston H.CATE, Mary BelleMANKINS CATE, Mary Belle Additional CATE Surnames in WASHINGTON County
CATE, Omer C.CATE, Lena B.CATE, Paul DowellCATE, HerbertCATE, Mary JaneCATE, Lee PorterCATE, Robert L.CATE, IsisCATE, Charles EdCATE, Carol FCATE, Betty M.CATE, P JCATE, Elizabeth CCATE, James CCATE, Abraham H.CATE, ElizabethCATE, AlmedaCATE, Angela KayCATE, Infant DaughterCATE, Jessie StewartCATE, R. ElizabethCATE, Florence Almeda (Closeup)CATE, Lloyd (Closeup)CATE, LloydCATE, Florence AlmedaCATE, LeoCATE, Tawana IleneCATE, LorenCATE, LouieCATE, Anna MarieCATE, LesterCATE, Mart AllenCATE, Walter ECATE, MargeryCATE, Charles BCATE, Ida KCATE, Pearl ICATE, Lawrence GordonCATE, Jessie MarieCATE, Ella ACATE, John OCATE, LuranaCATE, CharlesCATE, Henry TCATE, Marian HCATE, Mary JaneCATE, Alice ACATE, Christopher DevinCATE, Mark ReevesCATE, DorothyCATE, Charolette LeaCATE, Natasha AnneCATE, Phillip LeeCATE, Glenn Allen
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Submitted: 5/27/21 • Approved: 5/28/21 • Last Updated: 5/31/21 • R1375849-G1375849-S3
Unknown - November 2, 1930
*Obituary
Arkansas Countryman
Thursday, November 13, 1930
CATE, Mary Belle - Obituary of Mrs. Mary B. Cate - Mrs. Mary Belle Cate, familiarly known as "Aunt Mary," daughter of Peter and Rachel Mankins, died at her home near Rieff Chapel, Sunday, November 2, 1930, 9:30 a.m., being 86 years and 6 days old. Her father lived to be 79 and her grandfather, Peter Mankins, 111.
She professed faith in Christ while yet in her teens and lived the Christian life 67 years. She first united with the Primitive Baptist Church at the old Baptist Ford, West Fork of White River, and later joined the Missionary Baptist Church, then lived several years in the Rieff's Chapel congregation of Cumberland Presbyterian Church, then reunited with the Missionary Baptist Church.
She was married to John H. Cate January 21, 1861, and was the mother of 14 children, 8 of whom are living. She was a good friend and neighbor and many people knew her to love her.
Surviving are her children, Mrs. Rachel N. Walker, West Fork, Robert L., Omar C., and H.H. Cate of Fayetteville, Lizzie E. McCrimmons, Kansas City, Mo., Edgar A. Cate, Raymond, Kansas, Lilly McKenzie, Lyons, Kansas and J. Clifford Cate of Tipton, Oklahoma.
A large number of friends and relatives including all her living children attended her funeral, conducted by Rev. G.L.M. Pond and Rev. J.H. Kelly. Interment was in the Rieff Chapel cemetery.
Just one week before her death forty-one of her relatives gave her a surprise birthday dinner in her home which she enjoyed very much. The oldest citizen of our community and a good woman has gone to her reward. - J.H. Kelly.
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