Margaret “Wootsie” Tate (died June 9, 2006) was a state legislator who served in the Mississippi House of Representatives and Mississippi Senate. She served in the house from 1984 to 1988 and in the senate from 1988 to 1992. A Democrat she lived in Picayune and represented Hancock County.[1]
She was involved in insurance bills, legislation authorizing a landfill in Hancock County, and a mandatory seat belt law (it passed in the senate). She had a son and two daughters.[2][3] In 2003, governor Ronnie Musgrove appointed her to the Mississippi Prison Industry Corporation.[4]
References
- ^ Women State and Territorial Legislators by Elizabeth M. Cox page 167
- ^ Elkins, Ashley (June 10, 2006). “Former state legislator dies at age 72”. Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal.
- ^ “Obituary for Margaret Tate”. Hattiesburg American. June 10, 2006. p. 28.
- ^ “Governor Musgrove Appoints Margaret Tate to Mississippi Prison Industry Corporation” (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 12, 2023.