LaWanda Pate Heaberlin, 96, of Longview, passed away on Friday, September 29, 2017 in Longview.
She was born in Center, TX on June 29, 1921 to John Alvin Pate, Sr. and Ruth Chapman Pate. She graduated Center High School in 1938 and worked as a bank teller in Houston. TX. She met Gilbert Heaberlin, the love of her life and they were married on April 25, 1942.
After World War II, she and Gilbert settled in Longview where she became a mother and homemaker. She was active in Longview Missionary Baptist Church and later at South Union Missionary Baptist Church in Daingerfield. She was past Worthy Matron in Eastern Star and past president of VFW Ladies’ Auxiliary, and Pandora Study Club. After retirement, she and Gilbert traveled the world extensively.
She is preceded in death by her husband Gilbert Heaberlin, parents and brother John A. Pate, Jr. and sister-in-law Maxine Rhodes Pate.
LaWanda was a beautiful woman of unwavering faith who was loved by all those who knew her. She was a gracious, charitable person who was cherished by her family and countless friends. Her presence will be missed but we are comforted knowing that her new life is eternal in Christ.
(Rader Funeral Home of Longview Internet)
She was born in Center, TX on June 29, 1921 to John Alvin Pate, Sr. and Ruth Chapman Pate. She graduated Center High School in 1938 and worked as a bank teller in Houston. TX. She met Gilbert Heaberlin, the love of her life and they were married on April 25, 1942.
After World War II, she and Gilbert settled in Longview where she became a mother and homemaker. She was active in Longview Missionary Baptist Church and later at South Union Missionary Baptist Church in Daingerfield. She was past Worthy Matron in Eastern Star and past president of VFW Ladies’ Auxiliary, and Pandora Study Club. After retirement, she and Gilbert traveled the world extensively.
She is preceded in death by her husband Gilbert Heaberlin, parents and brother John A. Pate, Jr. and sister-in-law Maxine Rhodes Pate.
LaWanda was a beautiful woman of unwavering faith who was loved by all those who knew her. She was a gracious, charitable person who was cherished by her family and countless friends. Her presence will be missed but we are comforted knowing that her new life is eternal in Christ.
(Rader Funeral Home of Longview Internet)
LaWanda Pate Heaberlin, 96, of Longview, passed away on Friday, September 29, 2017 in Longview.
She was born in Center, TX on June 29, 1921 to John Alvin Pate, Sr. and Ruth Chapman Pate. She graduated Center High School in 1938 and worked as a bank teller in Houston. TX. She met Gilbert Heaberlin, the love of her life and they were married on April 25, 1942.
After World War II, she and Gilbert settled in Longview where she became a mother and homemaker. She was active in Longview Missionary Baptist Church and later at South Union Missionary Baptist Church in Daingerfield. She was past Worthy Matron in Eastern Star and past president of VFW Ladies’ Auxiliary, and Pandora Study Club. After retirement, she and Gilbert traveled the world extensively.
She is preceded in death by her husband Gilbert Heaberlin, parents and brother John A. Pate, Jr. and sister-in-law Maxine Rhodes Pate.
LaWanda was a beautiful woman of unwavering faith who was loved by all those who knew her. She was a gracious, charitable person who was cherished by her family and countless friends. Her presence will be missed but we are comforted knowing that her new life is eternal in Christ.
(Rader Funeral Home of Longview Internet)
She was born in Center, TX on June 29, 1921 to John Alvin Pate, Sr. and Ruth Chapman Pate. She graduated Center High School in 1938 and worked as a bank teller in Houston. TX. She met Gilbert Heaberlin, the love of her life and they were married on April 25, 1942.
After World War II, she and Gilbert settled in Longview where she became a mother and homemaker. She was active in Longview Missionary Baptist Church and later at South Union Missionary Baptist Church in Daingerfield. She was past Worthy Matron in Eastern Star and past president of VFW Ladies’ Auxiliary, and Pandora Study Club. After retirement, she and Gilbert traveled the world extensively.
She is preceded in death by her husband Gilbert Heaberlin, parents and brother John A. Pate, Jr. and sister-in-law Maxine Rhodes Pate.
LaWanda was a beautiful woman of unwavering faith who was loved by all those who knew her. She was a gracious, charitable person who was cherished by her family and countless friends. Her presence will be missed but we are comforted knowing that her new life is eternal in Christ.
(Rader Funeral Home of Longview Internet)
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