Tate, John Bibb.

John Bibb Tate was a Methodist minister who served in the North Georgia Conference for approximately 41 years. The son of a Methodist minister, he was one of four brothers. His older brothers Henry L. Tate and James E. Tate were both Methodist ministers. His younger brother was William Betts Tate.

Tate married Nettie Springfield Tate on July 18, 1929. They had two sons, John B. Tate, Jr. (March 23, 1932) and Sidney Springfield Tate (July 22, 1935). Nettie Tate died on October 22, 1961. He married Mrs. Johnny McGilvary of Roanoke, Alabama, on September 20, 1963. John Tate was a graduate of Birmingham Southern College (1927) and the Candler School of Theology, Emory University (1929). He retired from the active pastorate in 1970 at the completion of 40 years as a Methodist minister.