IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Rodney "Roc"

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Pate

October 30, 1992 – February 8, 2014

Obituary

Rodney Sinclair Pate was born in Albany, Georgia on October 30, 1992 to Arthur Byrd and Earnestine Pate.

He confessed Christ at an early age and joined the Greater St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church in Mitchell County.

He departed this life on Saturday, February 8, 2014 at Mitchell County Hospital in Camilla, Georgia.

He leaves to cherish his memories a devoted mother and father, Earnestine Pate of Camilla, Georgia and Arthur Byrd of Byron, Georgia; three loving sisters, Kayla Hammonds of Camp Walker, Korea, Aubrenna Knight of Camilla, Georgia, and Mercedes James of Cairo, Georgia; two brothers, Jody Sanders of Camilla, Georgia and Tevin Watkins of Savannah, Georgia; six aunts, Dorothy Pate, Cynthia Pate, Eva Byrd Butler, Annie (Clarence) Haywood, Millie (Paul) Johnson, and Ethel Byrd; eight uncles, James (Cheryl) Pate, Cornell Pate, Freddy C. (Alzenia) Pate, Leonard (Lillie) Pate, Sylvester (Dorothy Hill) Byrd, Jr., Johnny (Mary Alice) Byrd, Henry Byrd, and Jesse Byrd; five nieces, Saniyah Hammonds, Kayla James, Kalyn Collins, Angel Swan, and Jodi Sanders; four nephews, Quintin Sanders, Jordan Sanders, Jacob Sanders, and Derry Swan; four special cousins, Michelle Brookins, Niesha Robinson, Courtney Crump and Freddy A. Pate; a loving girlfriend, Naytavia Williams; a best friend, Adarrius Keaton; five close friends, Marrakesh Perry, Stacey Smith, Jamori Thompson, Brian Peoples, and Vicario Chester; and a host of cousins and friends.

Celebration of Life Service

The funeral service of Rodney  Pate, will be conducted Saturday, February 15, 2014, at 1:00 p.m., at Greater Saint Mark Missionary Baptist Church, 1345 Highway 311, Camilla.  Reverend James Turner is the pastor.  Interment will follow in Brown Cemetery.

Honorary Pallbearers with be Deacons of Greater Saint Mark Baptist Church.

Flowerbearers and Active Pallbearers will be Class of 2011.

The Saddest Word, Goodbye

When God calls our children
to dwell with Him above,
We mortals sometimes question
the wisdom of His love.


For no heartache compares with,
the death of one child.
Who does so much to make our world,
seem so wonderful and mild.


Perhaps God tires of calling
the aged to His fold.
So He picks a rosebud
before it can grow old.


God knows how much we need them,
and so He takes but few.
To make the land of heaven
more beautiful to view.


Believing this is difficult
still somehow we must try.
The saddest word mankind knows
will always be Good-bye.


So when a child departs,
we who are left behind,
Must realize God loves children.
Angels Are Hard To Find!!




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