Marie Pate, 83, of Big Spring, died on Sunday, December 14, 2008. Graveside funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM Tuesday, December 16, 2008 at the Peace Chapel at Trinity Memorial Park in Big Spring. Officiating will be Rev. Lynn Robertson, Chaplain of Compass Hospice. The family will receive friends from 6 to 7 P.M., Monday, at the funeral home. The family will be staying at 1907 Nolan.Marie was born on December 1, 1925, in Krum, Texas and married Wayne Pate on October 4, 1941 in Sanger, Texas. He preceded her in death on November 19, 2001.She grew up and graduated from high school in Krum, Texas. She and her late husband came to Big Spring in 1953 from Sanger. Mrs. Pate was a homemaker and she was an avid bowler for many years. Marie was a Baptist.Survivors include a son & daughter-in-law, Joey & Carol Pate of Big Spring; a daughter & son-in-law, Judy & Larry Knox of Waco, Texas; four grandchildren, DeDe Webb of Roundrock, Texas, Joe Don Worthan of Grapevine, Texas, Joie Marie Bailey of Coppell, Texas, and Clayton Pate of Albuquerque, New Mexico; six great grandchildren, Saydee Bailey, Abbee Bailey, Jessie Webb, Callan Pate, Tucker Worthan, and Addison Worthan; one brother, Parker Flanagan of Ponca City, Oklahoma; two sisters, Johnnie Melton of Granbury, Texas, and Jeanie Anderson of Arlington, Texas She was also preceded in death by her parents. Arrangements under the direction of Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home & Crematory of Big Spring. Online condolences can be made at: www.npwelch.com,