Bernice Blanche Tate was born in Rockbridge, Missouri Sept. 4, 1924 to Jemes Everett Tate and Jesse Edna (Bell) Tate. She died July 9, 2023 in Grove.
Blanche was raised in the Bryant Creek area and attended a one room school for grades 1 through 8, graduating from Ava High School in 1943. She attended college at Southwest Baptist College Bolivar, Missouri following she taught grades 1 – 8 at Turkey Flat School, Rockbridge Missouri.
Blanche is preceded in death by her parents, four brothers: Darrell, Amos, Arlin and Thurman; three sisters” Wilma Wilson, Ida Betzold and Edgie Coble; daughter Connie and son-in-law Montie Broome.
She is survived by her children: Logan (Jennifer) Alsup, Greg (Gail) Alsup, Carol Broome, Enola Gay Bennett, Chad (Tracy) Adams; 12 grandchildren; 15 great grandchildren and 8 great great grandchildren, numerous nieces and nephews.
Services will be graveside at the Blanche Cemetery, Rock Ridge, MO, July 15, 2023 at 11 a.m.