Vernon Dallas Pate

Dallas was born September 15, 1956, in Port St. Joe and had lived in Blountstown for most of his life. He was a mechanic and had worked for the City of Blountstown for the past four years.

Dallas was a member of the South Side Assembly of God Church in Blountstown.

Survivors include his wife, Debra Ann Pate, of Blountstown; three sons, Phillip Pate and his wife, Barbara, Rusty Wayne Shiver and his wife, Courtney, and Kody Pate, all of Blountstown; one daughter, Kristi Glass and her husband, Mark, of Tallahassee; two brothers, Melvin Pate and his wife, Wanda, of Wewahitchka, and Tommy Pate of Blountstown; six sisters, Alma Shiver of Wewahitchka, Jean Brackin of Blountstown, Margene Martin of Howard Creek, Sara Barfield of Bristol, Nancy Holt of Blountstown, and Dale Pate of Blountstown; and four grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Thursday, Aug. 27, at 2 p.m. CDT from the Peavy Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Larry White officiating. Interment will follow in the Pine Memorial Cemetery in Blountsown.

The family will receive friends tonight, Wednesday, Aug. 26, from 6 to 8 p.m. CDT at Peavy Funeral Home.

All arrangements are under the direction of Marlon Peavy at Peavy Funeral Home in Blountstown (ph. 674-2266).