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- ↑ Women State and Territorial Legislators by Elizabeth M. Cox page 167
- ↑ Elkins, Ashley (10 June 2006). "Former state legislator dies at age 72". Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal.
- ↑ "Obituary for Margaret Tate". Hattiesburg American. 10 June 2006. p. 28.
- ↑ https://da.mdah.ms.gov/musgrove/pdfs/5407.pdf
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