Tate, Dakota Lane 


Dakota "Kota" Lane Tate, 4 years old, of Longview, lost his battle with cancer and 
passed away Sunday, April 2, 2006, at his grandmother's home in Hallsville. Dakota 
was at Children's Medical Center in Dallas since December 2004, and had just come 
home to East Texas when he was re-diagnosed with cancer in February 2006. A 
graveside service will be held 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 5, 2006, at Winterfield 
Cemetery, with Chaplain Bryan Peck officiating. Preceding Dakota in death were his 
brother, Matthew Tate; great-grandparents, Clarence and Peggy Lehr; great-grandfather, 
Winston Tate; and great-grandfather, R.L. McFarland Jr. Survivors include his father, 
Kevin Tate of Gladewater; mother, Chrystal Wardlaw Tate of Longview; maternal 
grandparents, Tommy and Terri McFarland of Hallsville; paternal grandparents, Steve 
and Sandra Tate of Gladewater; sister, Abby Tate of Longview; brother, Tyler Tate of 
Longview; aunt, Mollee McFarland of Longview; uncle, Sgt. Thomas McFarland and wife, 
Angela, of Beaufort, South Carolina; aunt, Dharya Tate of Gladewater; uncle, Steven 
Tate of Gladewater; great-grandmother, Ruth Clanton of Marshall; great-grandmother, 
Wanda McFarland of Hallsville; a few of his close, special friends, Cory Phillips of 
Hallsville, and Rhonda, Jennifer, and Richard Cecil of Longview; along with numerous 
great aunts, uncles, and cousins. The family gives special thanks to Children's 
Medical Center in Dallas, and Hospice of East Texas in Tyler. The family will receive 
friends 6 p.m. Tuesday evening, April 4, 2006, at the funeral home, 4619 Judson Road. 
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link.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 4/4/2006.