CAROL R. TATE

 
CAROL R. TATE (Age 57)  
Carol R. Tate (Wanda Carol Rigden) Born July 7, 1959 in Paris, TN.On September 27, 2016, in Springfield, VA, passed away after a long battle with lung disease. She passed peacefully at home surrounded by family and friends. Carol is survived by her son James Wesley Tate and wife Cassandra and son James Andrew Tate; grandson Alexander Tate; mother Norma Rigden; father Bernie Rigden; sisters Paula Hofmann and husband James, Lynne Smith and husband James, Lynn Frye and husband Rod, Beth Savage and husband Mike, Brandy Williams, and Jennifer Latham and husband John; a large number of nieces, nephews, great-nieces, and great-nephews; and a multitude of friends all of whom dearly cherished her presence in their lives.Carol served our country faithfully as a civil service employee for the majority of her career life. As a loving mother, daughter, sister and friend she will be best known to her family as the "dancing queen" and to her friends as a confidant and hero in their times of need. She will be greatly missed and always loved.She has donated her remains to research in hopes of assisting in the research on long-term low-level radiation as she was in Germany when Chernobyl exploded and was exposed; to research regarding long-term effects of pollution at super fund sites as she lived in Camp Lejeune, NC during the time that dry-cleaning chemicals were leaked into the water table; and research of lung disease.If you are interested in attending the memorial service, please email caroltatememorial@gmail.com and information will be sent to you once the arrangements are made. She will finally be laid to rest in Paris, TN alongside her grandmother Lovie Elreeta Trevathan and great-grandmother Hattie Pearl Hubbard.If you want to make donations in lieu of flowers or gifts, please donate to the American Lung Association or Civilian Exposure.org in her name.