Faye Tate Prater, 76, a McMinnville resident and Giles County native was born April 14, 1941 and died Feb. 28 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center following a sudden illness. She was a retired food service employee with the Warren County School System, member of the Church of Christ and daughter of the late Roy Forrest and Macie Dee Colvett Tate. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by first husband, Curtis Prater; second husband, Ernest Smith; and daughter Debra Faye Prater.