Elizabeth Averett Pate’s desire to be with Jesus, her Lord and Savior, was answered in the early morning hours on March 23, 2023, when He took her to her Heavenly Home. We know she is rejoicing to be free of the pain and suffering she has experienced these last several years, and to be singing with the Heavenly Choir.
Her desire in this life was to bring honor and glory to her Lord Jesus Christ and to lead others to Him.
Liz is a member of Briarwood Presbyterian Church (PCA). She witnessed to everyone she met and many have come to a saving faith in Jesus Christ. She has taught the Bible for many years to ladies and a number of them have told us they learned so much and that she was the best Bible teacher they had ever had. She was a real prayer warrior. Elizabeth has been on mission trips to five continents plus several Caribbean islands where she taught ladies Bible Studies and sang in the evangelistic services.
She loved singing, teaching the Bible, and playing Tennis, and she was good in all of them. Liz has sung the National Anthem or God Bless America in several international conventions where the speakers were President George H. W. Bush, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, and others like them. Liz sang in the Alabama Symphony Chorale for forty-two years and for 10 years sang the National Anthem at the Three-Year-Old Grand Championship night at the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration where 15,000 might be in attendance.
Mary Elizabeth Averett Pate, of Vestavia Hills, Alabama, was born on September 25, 1931 died at the age of 91. Liz was from Enterprise, Alabama and a graduate of Samford University with a bachelor’s degree in the College of Arts and Science (music/voice) and has served on that advisory board at Samford University for several years.
Liz is preceded in death by her parents, Henry Grady Averett and Evie Love Byrd Averett, two brothers, Edwin Averett and Dolan Averett, and three sisters, Ennis Byrd, Bessie Merle Cain, and Edna Earle Byrd.
She is survived by her husband of 60 years, F. Wayne Pate, who was the love of her life. She is survived by her daughter, Lisa Pate Genetti, and her son, Joel Wayne Pate (Samantha) and grandchildren Kathryn Elizabeth Genetti, Thomas Keith Genetti Jr. and Alexis Segars Pate and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
Private family burial will be on Monday, March 27, 2023 at Southern Heritage. A Memorial service will follow at Briarwood Presbyterian Church at 2:00 PM with visitation after the service.
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