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Lucinda Tate

Female 1950 - 2013  (63 years)

Personal Information

  • Name Lucinda Tate 
    Birth 8 Nov 1950 
    Gender Female 
    Death 4 Dec 2013 
    Notes 
    • Miller and Orr
      Lucinda Tate Ragland (Picture included)
      November 8, 1950 ? December 4, 2013

      Lucinda Tate Ragland, 63, of Paducah, passed away Wednesday, December 4, 2013 at 10:11 pm at Baptist Health Paducah, after a lengthy battle with ALS. Through her strong faith in Christ, she has won the battle and is now at home with her heavenly Father.

      Born November 8, 1950 at Riverside Hospital in Paducah KY, Lucinda was a 1968 graduate of Paducah Tilghman High School and a 1971 graduate of Murray State University, where she was a member of Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority. She was also a teacher and a homemaker.

      Lucinda was an active member of First Baptist Church of Paducah up until her passing. During her time in Paducah she was a member of various garden clubs, the Charity League of Paducah and a number of bridge clubs. She enjoyed gardening, loved the beach and was an avid reader and devoted to studying the Bible. Prior to her adult years in Paducah, Lucinda and her husband lived in Houston and Dallas, Texas, Franklin and Nashville, TN and Louisville, KY.

      She is the daughter of Bettie Bass Tate and the late John Dean Tate.

      She is survived by her husband of forty two years, Bill E. Ragland Jr; her daughter, Elizabeth Ragland Neelley and husband Jason, of Metropolis, IL; Her mother, Bettie Bass Tate, of Paducah, KY; her sisters, Lorna Tate Hite and husband Greg, of Florence, KYand Mona Tate Bolin and husband Joe, of Murray, KY; her nieces, Juliana Hite, of Tampa, FL and Morgan Hutchinson and husband Brett, of Murray, KY and one great niece, Olive Bee. She is also survived by one brother-in-law, Mark Ragland and wife Betsy, of Nashville, TN.

      She was preceded in death by her father, John Dean Tate and grandparents, Durward and Mable Bass and Charles and Mona Tate.

      Funeral services are scheduled for Tuesday, December 10, 2013 at 2:00 pm at First Baptist Church of Paducah. Revs Charles Moore and Jamie Broome will officiate. Burial will follow at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be held Monday, December 9, 2013 from 5:00-8:00 pm at Milner & Orr Funeral Home of Paducah.

      Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to the MDA-ALS Vanderbilt Chapter, 3354 Perimeter Hill Drive, Ste. 145, Nashville, TN 37211 or First Baptist Church of Paducah, 2890 Broadway, Paducah, KY 42001.

      You may leave a message of condolence and light a candle of remembrance at www.milnerandorr.com.
    Person ID I49  Bass260 Archibald Bass of McCracken County, Kentucky
    Last Modified 7 Jun 2024 

    Father John Dean Tate 
    Mother Bettie Ann Bass,   b. 22 Mar 1927, Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jun 2024 (Age 97 years) 
    Family ID F11  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart