Grace Tate Colgin

January 9, 1936 - November 26, 2018

Grace “Amazing Grace” Tate Colgin, 82, passed away peacefully November 26, 2018. She was born January 9, 1936 in Hanover, VA to Virginia Erlene Tate and Marshall Tate. Grace was employed by Phillip Morris USA for 15 years before retiring in 1994. Mrs. Colgin was a member of Black Creek Baptist Church in Mechanicsville, VA, but has been faithfully attending Liberty Baptist Church in Lanexa, VA since she moved in with her son, Steve Colgin, due to her illness with Parkinson’s and Dementia. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Colgin was preceded in death by her husband, William Minor Colgin Sr., and three siblings, Frances Shelton, Louise Baldridge and Carlton Tate. She is survived by her three sons, William “Billy” Colgin, of Mechanicsville, VA, Steve Colgin and his wife, Julie, of Lanexa, VA , and Allen Colgin and his wife, Misty, of Rockville, VA.; one sister, Eula Mae Gray; two brothers, Leslie Tate and Johnny Tate; seven grandchildren, Marshall Colgin, Austin Colgin, Sara Howell, Brittany Colgin, Sara Small, Laura Gibson and Michael Small; eight great-grandchildren, James, Kayden, Thomas “Trip”, Marilyn, Taylor, Eleanor, Raygan and Harper; and numerous cousins, friends, nieces and nephews. A funeral service will be held 11 AM Thursday, November 29, 2018 at Black Creek Baptist Church, 6289 McClellan Rd., Mechanicsville, VA. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends an hour prior to the service, at the church. The family wishes to express a special thanks to Tapp Family Homes in Mechanicsville, VA, and their devoted staff, for the care they gave to their mother over the last six months.