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Tate McGill

Joseph Tate McGill, 72, of Little Rock, formerly of Prescott, died December 28, 1995 at Baptist Medical Center after a brief illness.

Born December 21, 1923, in Jonesboro, he was the son of the late J. Tate McGill and Lois Winters McGill. He attended schools in Prescott and was a 1941 graduate of Prescott High School. He was a University of Arkansas engineering graduate and a gradaute of the School of Mortuary Science in St. Louis, Mo. He retired in 1983 from Nekoosa Edwards Paper Company and served as Mayor of Prescott. He was a World War II veteran who served in the Pacific and was a Pearl Harbor survivor. At the time of his death he was living in Little Rock.

McGill's father was coach of the Prescott football team in 1922. The team traveled to Little Rock and played the Tigers with only 11 players on the roster. The Prescott team won the very competitive game and that is when the team was originally given the name, McGill's Curley Wolves, which was later changed to Prescott Curley Wolves.

He is survived by his wife, Rene McGill of Little Rock; a son, David McGill of Texarkana; a stepson, Richard Mueller of Little Rock; a brother, James McGill of Scottsdale, Ariz.; and a sister, Josephine Nichols of Atlanta, Ga.

A memorial service was held at Roller-Chenal Funeral Home chapel in Little Rock. Burial was in Little Rock National Cemetery under the direction of Roller-Chenal Funeral Home of Little Rock.