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Cw4 (Ret) William (Bill) Xavier Pate Iii

September 19, 1954 — July 26, 2024

CW4 (RET) William (Bill) X. Pate III of Enterprise, AL passed away Friday, July 26, 2024 at his home. He was 69. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM, Wednesday, July 31, 2024 at Searcy Funeral Home and Crematory Chapel. Burial with full military honors will follow in Meadowlawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 10:00 AM until service time. Flowers will be accepted or memorials made to New Promise Cancer Foundation, 287 Healthwest Drive, Dothan, AL 36303. Bill retired from the US Army as a CW4 after 20 years service. After his retirement, he became an Instructor for a military contractor. He enjoyed traveling across country with his wife and father on their Honda Goldwing. He loved spoiling his grandchildren and was also a wonderful and loving husband and father. Mr. Pate was preceded in death by his mother, Peggy Jo Cauley Pate. Survivors include his wife, Connie Pate, Enterprise, AL; daughter, Carrie Pate McBride (Patrick), Dothan, AL; son, Casey Pate (Julie), Jackson, MS; 5 grandchildren, Carleigh, Calleigh, Pate, Alice and Sam; father, William X. Pate Jr., Clarksville, FL; sisters, Lucinda Pate McAlister, Dothan, AL, Tammy Pate Cosson, Vernon, FL. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Cw4 (Ret) William (Bill) Xavier Pate Iii, please visit our flower store.

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Wednesday, July 31, 2024

10:00 - 11:00 am (Eastern time)

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Searcy Funeral Home and Crematory

1301 Neal Metcalf Road
Enterprise, AL 36330

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Funeral Service

Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Starts at 11:00 am (Eastern time)

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Searcy Funeral Home and Crematory

1301 Neal Metcalf Road
Enterprise, AL 36330

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Commital Service with Military Honors

Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Starts at 12:00 pm (Eastern time)

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