Mr. Charles V. Galate Jr.

Mr. Charles V. Galate, Jr., 85, of the Shingler Community, died on Monday, August 21, 2023, at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM on Friday, August 25, 2023, at Banks Funeral Home Chapel, interment will follow in the Hillcrest Cemetery with full Military Honors. The Rev. Donnie Duncan will officiate. Born in Bluefield, West Virginia, he was the son of the late C. Vito Galate and Helen Peery Galate. Mr. Galate is an Air Force veteran and served eight years in the military. He moved to Worth County in 1976 and worked as the Plant Manager at Shur-Gain in Ashburn until it closed. Mr. Galate was then employed by the Department of Defense as an auditor for the United States Army Audit Agency. This position took Mr. Galate and his family to Europe for three years where they traveled extensively before returning to Shingler. Mr. Galate worked as an auditor for thirteen years and then retired in 1997. Mr. Galate was of the Baptist faith and was very active in his church, First Baptist Church in Sylvester, GA for as long as his health allowed. Additionally, Mr. Galate was a Freemason who was also active with the Shriners International and the American Legion. Mr. Galate and his wife made numerous trips to Tampa to transport children to the Shriners Hospital for treatment. Mr. Galate was a family man who was always there for his family and loved them dearly. Survivors include his wife of sixty-three years, Ruth Ann Sanders Galate of Worth County; children, Charles “Chuck” V. Galate, III (Rebecca) of Carrollton, Georgia, Mark Richard Galate (Gail) of Yuma, Arizona, and Helen I. Willis (Greg) of Tifton; grandchildren, Melody Galate, Caleb Galate, Leah Galate, Zeke Galate, Matthew Galate, Melissa Galate, Michelle Vitale, Zachery Willis and Kaitlynn Willis; sisters, Dolly Duncan of Bluefield, Virginia, Helen June Tolstad of South Carolina, and Carolyn Stephenson of Princeton, West Virginia. In addition to his parents, Mr. Galate was preceded in death by his siblings, Mary Elizabeth Fritz, Rebecca Louise Gott, and Thomas M. Galate. The family will receive friends on Friday from 1:00 PM until funeral hour at Banks Funeral Home. Pallbearers for the service will be, Mike Carter, Bill Davis, Steve Goff, Gator Johnson, Don Monk, and Scott Sumner. Honorary Pallbearers for the service will be, W.N. Apperson, James Coleman, Mike Houston, Bo McDonald, Steve Spooner, and Roy Sumner. Please sign our online guest registry at www.banksfh.com. Banks Funeral Home in Sylvester is in charge of arrangements

Mr. Charles V. Galate Jr.

June 1, 1938 - August 21, 2023