Ceola Tate

Ceola “Pee Wee” Tate, 81, of Elkhart, passed away Saturday Feb. 2, at
Hospice House of Elkhart.
She was born Dec. 2, 1931 in Tyronza, Arkansas to Cleophus and Alma (Young) Johnson. Surviving are 2 sons: Anthony Jones of Cassopolis, MI and Keinnie Jones of Elkhart; 2 daughters: Kathy (Lovell) Anderson of East Palo Alto, CA and Jacqueline “Cerise” Dye of Elkhart; 12 Grandchildren and many Great- grandchildren; a brother Cleophus Johnson, Jr. of Elkhart; 7 sisters: Aretha Taylor, Alma Pullium, Esther (Oliver) Pettis, Jo Ann (Warren) Black all of Elkhart, Rosie Lee Johnson of Missouri, Cleo Johnson of Atlanta, GA, and Bettie Johnson of Indianapolis.
Ceola was preceded in death by a son Bobby Jones, brothers Calvin and William Johnson, a niece May Johnson, a nephew Calvin Johnson and a daughter-in-law Mildred Jones.

Ceola was a clerk at G.L. Perry’s for many years. She was a member of Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church of Elkhart and was on the Usher Board for 28 years, Senior Citizen Program, Women’s State Retreat Member and Bible and Sunday School Attendant. She was also on the Missionary Society at Church from 1985 – 2012. While living in Missouri she was a member of Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church of Missouri and on the Usher Board there for 20 years. She loved to sew, was a master quilter and loved her Church home.

Visitation will be 6 to 8pm Friday at Stemm-Lawson-Peterson Funeral Home, Elkhart. Services will be at 11am Saturday at Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist Church 802 Garfield Ave., Elkhart, with Rev. Sam F. Frison officiating. Burial will follow at Rice Cemetery, Elkhart.

Memorials may be made to the Leukemia Foundation or Hospice House of Elkhart. Visit www.stemmlawsonpeterson.com to share a message with the family.