Esta Maney Tate

Asheville ~ Esta Maney Tate, 92, of Asheville, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, January 4, 2005. Mrs. Tate was born in Hiawassee, GA on September 1, 1912, and was the daughter of the late Elbert Franklin Maney and Flora Bowen Maney Crawford. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Daniel Tate, who died in February 1990 and also a brother, Elbert Franklin Maney. Mrs. Tate and her late husband owned and operated the Tasty Grille on Coxe Avenue for several years. She always enjoyed flower gardening and fellowshipping with family and friends. Mrs. Tate was a member of the Cornerstone Church on South French Broad Avenue for many years. Her Christian testimony was evident by her gentle sprit and love of God and family. She is survived by one daughter, Doris T. Freck and her husband Max of Charlotte; two sons, E. Lamar Tate and Charles D. Tate and his wife Elizabeth of Asheville; seven grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren; two great-great-granddaughters; a half sister, Frances Campbell of Greenville, SC and a half-brother, John Crawford of Hollister, MO. A funeral service will be held Friday, 2:30 P.M. in the chapel of Groce Funeral Home at Lake Julian on Long Shoals Road with her pastor, Rev. Jeff Hober officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 1:30 – 2:30 P.M. prior to the service at the funeral home.