Ferdinand Julian Tate

TATE, FERDINAND JULIAN, COL., USA (Ret.), 92

"Pop" Tate on Saturday, August 12, 2006 at Bogalusa Medical Center. A native of Eunice and a resident of Bogalusa, LA. Survived by daughter, Anne Tate and husband, David Cheatham of Bogalusa, LA; four sons, Mike Tate and wife, Margo of Middleburg, VA, Pat Tate and his wife, Juanita of Annapolis, MD, John Tate and his wife, Sidne of Scottsdale, AZ and Tim Tate and wife, Evie of Baton Rouge, LA; 11 grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, numerous nieces, nephews and friends. Preceded by wife, Elizabeth Ladd Tate. A Memorial Mass will be held at Annunciation Catholic Church, Bogalusa, LA at a later date. A Funeral Mass with burial in St. Paul's Cemetery Mausoleum in Eunice will be held at date yet to be determined. He was a 1934 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, a retired colonel in the U.S. Army, a veteran of World War II and the Korean Conflict, and retired associate professor of engineering at McNeese State University in Lake Charles. He was a devout Roman Catholic and a member of Annunciation Catholic Church. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Annunciation Catholic Church in Bogalusa, St. Anthony Catholic Church in Eunice or to a favorite charity.