Her children
Sadly but true, she leaves to cherish her memories, a loving husband Deacon Thomas (TJ) Grate, Sr. of the home; four sons Thomas Grate, Jr. and Daniel Grate of Loris, SC; James A. (Cynthia) Grate; and Robert J. (Ellar) Grate of Norristown, Pennsylvania; five daughters Gloria Jean (Edmond) McLean; Doris (Jerome) Bellamy; Sadie (Floyd) Attaway; Mary Grate; Deborah (Marcus) Bennett all of Loris; one adopted son Rahdel Grate of the home; a special stepdaughter Carrie (Henry) Bullock of Fair Bluff, NC.