Mr. Robert H. "Bud" Tate, Jr., age, 87, of 545 E. Howell Street, Hartwell, GA, widower of the late Mary Jim Shaw Tate, died Friday, September 4, 2009 at Hartwell Health Care Center.

Born July 10, 1922 in Walton County, GA, he was the son of the late Robert H. Tate, Sr. and Gillie Carolyn Reynolds Tate.He was a Mechanical Contractor and was owner of Tate Heating and Air Conditioning Company in Charlotte, NC.He was a U.S. Navy WWII Veteran.He was a 32nd Mason and Shriner; he was in Oasia Shrine Patrol Unit and was a Jester of Oasia Temple of Charlotte, NC.He was a former member of Carolina Golf and County Club, member of American Legion Post #262; a member of Forty and Eight; Very active in the Civitan Club, a Real Estate Broker, and was a former member of Redeemer Lutheran Church in Charlotte, NC.

Mr. Tate and his wife moved to Myrtle Beach, SC in 1976.He was very active in his church, King of Glory Lutheran Church.Mr. Tate and his wife moved to Hartwell, GA in 1992.He was a member of Faith Lutheran Church of Hartwell.

He is survived by:Sister, Millie Carolyn Spears of Covington, GA.He was preceded in death by his Parents; Wife; Brother, Neal Tate; Sisters, Jamie Ruth Couch; Mary Nell Thornton and Elizabeth Lucille Tate.

Funeral Services will be held on Sunday, September 6, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. at Strickland Funeral Home ~ Hartwell Chapel.Rev. Eddie Adams will officiate.Burial will be in the Nancy Hart Memorial Park with Rev. Dean Kring officiating.

The body is at the Strickland Funeral Home ~ Hartwell Chapel where the family will receive friends Saturday night from 6 – 8:00 p.m.The family is at the home of Mrs. Dean Adams, 158 E. Franklin Street, Hartwell, GA and Mrs. Betty Shaw, 44 Johnny Street, Hartwell, GA..The family requests no flowers; Memorials may be made to Faith Lutheran Church, 691 Benson Street, Hartwell, GA30643 or Odyssey Hospice, 855 Gaines School Road, Suite G, Athens, GA30605.