Joe Alvin Pate, 77, of Bluffton, South Carolina, formerly of Tifton, died Tuesday, December 3, 2013, at Hilton Head Regional Medical Center in Hilton Head, South Carolina. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later.
Mr. Pate was born on August 21, 1936 in Sycamore and was the son of Henry N. Pate and Mary Joe Hancock Pate, both deceased.
Among his survivors is his son, Tim Pate of Bluffton, South Carolina.
Complete obituary information will be provided later.