Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am on Wednesday, June 23, 2021 at Hanes-Lineberry N. Elm St. Chapel in Greensboro. The family will receive friends from 10:30 until 11:00 am prior to the funeral at the funeral home. Delane will be laid to rest in Forest Lawn Cemetery immediately following the funeral service.
Born on March 5, 1943 in Greensboro, NC to the late Lee Odell Nabors and Lillie Stanley Nabors, Delane was a loving and devoted mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and friend who was loved by many and will be missed by all who knew her. She retired from Proctor & Gamble where she worked as a manufacturing technician for more than twenty years. Delane enjoyed spending time with her family, traveling and her most recent hobby, square dancing. She was a very giving person who was always willing to help anyone in need. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a heavenly great-grandchild, Oliver Paschal.
Those left to cherish her memory include her son, Eric Lee Pate (Leslie Griffin Pate) of Magnolia, TX; grandchildren, Lauren Pate Paschal (Josh Paschal), Alexandra Pate, and Army Lt., Nick Pate (Taylor Beecher); great-grandchildren, Hayden Pate, Mila Paschal, Leo Paschal, and Colt Pate; sister, Shelvie Nabors Irwin of Greensboro, NC and many other family and friends who she loved dearly.
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