Mary Lea Patterson's Obituary
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Lea Patterson will be held at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, May 11, 2010 in the Beech Grove Congregational Methodist Church in Anacoco. Visitation will be held on Monday May, 10 from 5-9 p.m. in the Labby Memorial Funeral Home of Leesville, and from 8:30a.m. until service time Tuesday at the Church.
Mrs. Patterson passed away Saturday, May 8, 2010 in the Riverside Hospital in Alexandria, La. She was a lifelong resident of Vernon parish and Anacoco, and member of the White Park Church of Christ in Leesville. She retired from Federal Civil Service after serving many years as a Supply Management Representative at D.O.L. at Fort Polk. She loved to read and sew. She spent lots of time in her garden and was a wonderful cook. She will be missed by everyone that were blessed to have known her.
She was preceded in death by her parents: Henry Franklin and Ellen Self McElveen; Two Brothers: Kenneth McElveen and Winston McElveen; and one sister: Wilma Rae Callaghan
Mrs. Patterson is survived by: Her husband of 60 years: Gaston “Pat” Patterson of Anacoco; One Son: William Henry Patterson of Anacoco; Two Daughters and Sons in law: Cassandra & Hub Jordan of Leesville, and Candice & Don Nichols of Waller, Texas; One Brother: Henry Milton McElveen of Leesville, Two Sisters: Mildred Jones of Minden, La., and Glenda Yeager of Houston, Texas; Four Grandchildren: David Jordan, Brandon Jordan, Amanda Phillips, and Jody Patterson; One Great Granddaughter: Brooke MaryLea Patterson
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