NAME: KAREN FAYE (CARTWRIGHT) TATE, AGE 53, LONGTIME DALLAS AREA RESIDENT FORMER LANE AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: OCTOBER 20, 1949 AT TO SAM FULTON AND DAISEY (BROWN) CARTWRIGHT. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, MARCH 10, 2003 AT PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL IN DALLAS, TX. AGE: 53 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 20 DAYS.

EDUCATION: KAREN ATTENDED SCHOOL IN SAN ANTONIO, TX, AND ATTENDED COLLEGE AT TEXAS A & I, AND UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON.

MARRIED: C. RAY TATE ON AUGUST 10, 1968 AT SAN ANTONIO, TX.

OCCUPATION: KAREN WAS A TEACHER, WIFE, AND MOTHER.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: A MEMBER OF THE FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH IN SEGOVILLE, TX.

SURVIVED BY

HUSBAND: C. RAY TATE OF THE HOME IN DALLAS, TX.

SON: MIKE TATE AND WIFE MYLYNDA OF OWASSO, OK.

GRANDCHILDREN: MYLYSSIA, MYKA, AND ZYLER TATE OF OWASSO, OK.

BROTHER: SAM F. CARTWRIGHT AND WIFE DIANNA OF DUMAS, TX.

NEPHEW: JOHNNY CARTWIRGHT OF AUSTIN, TX.

BROTHER-IN-LAW: ALLEN TATE AND WIFE MYRA OF HOUSTON, TX.

NIECES: MARTHA, ELIZABETH AND RACHEL TATE OF HOUSTON, TX.

IN-LAWS: W. T. AND BETTYE TATE OF VICTORIA, TX.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: SAM AND DAISEY CLAY.

DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 2003 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. DONALD HIGGBOTHAM

CASKETBEARERS: JOHNNY CARTWRIGHT, BRYAN BLEDSOE, ALLEN TATE, ZACK CARTWRIGHT JR., MATT JAMES, SCOTT BLEDSOE.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: RICHARD GARSIDE, JIM BURT, TIM WILEY, BILLY WAYNE GOODSON, LARRY SHEFFIELD, PAUL MOORE.