Kenneth Ray Pate

Kenneth Ray Pate obituary, Huntingdon, TN

Kenneth Ray Pate

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Kenneth Pate Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Dilday-Carter Funeral Home on Dec. 16, 2025.
Mr. Kenneth Pate, 77, of Huntingdon, Tennessee passed away Monday December 15, 2025 at his home.

Funeral services will be conducted 2:00PM Wednesday December 17, 2025 in the Chapel of Dilday-Carter Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Liberty All Cemetery Brother Hunter Jones officiating.

The family will receive friends at Dilday-Carter Funeral Home on Wednesday from 12:00PM until 2:00PM.

Mr. Pate was born May 4, 1948 to the late Jesse Pate and Aline Pate. Preceded in death by one brother Wayne Pate.

He is survived by his loving wife of 48 years, Paula Pate of Huntingdon, Tennessee; one brother Charles Pate of Powder Springs, Georgia; three sisters, Frances Hesselgrave of Marietta, Georgia, Joyce McCoy of Buchanan, Tennessee and Linda Pate of Jackson, Tennessee; several nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.

Honoring him as pallbearers will be Jason Compton, Brad Douglas, Braden Douglas, Jerry Nolen, Dale Aden, Joey Richardson and Carter Compton.

Dilday-Carter Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements 731-986-8281.

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12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Chapel of Dilday - Carter Funeral

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2:00 p.m.

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Send Flowers

Services provided by

Dilday-Carter Funeral Home