Biography of J. A. "Pat" Patterson, St Francis County, AR

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Submitted by: Paul V Isbell
        Date: 19 Nov 2008
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In 1935, J. A. (Pat) Patterson organized and formally opened the Patterson
Insurance Agency in the Mann Building in Forrest City. In the not too distant
future, Pat and his wife, the former Emily Knight of Forrest City, and their son
Jerry, who is a now attending the University of Arkansas, hope to be in a new
building on Washington and Dillard Street. Pat came here 23 years ago from
Conway, and was born at Mountatin View. He attended Hendrix College and the
University of Arkansas. He is a member of the Methodist church, the Young
Business Men's Club, the Rotary Club, a 32nd degree Mason and a member of the
Shriner's Hosptial for Crippled Children. He has served as Alderman for Ward 3
for three terms, 1943 to 1949.


SOURCE:
HISTORY of ST. FRANCIS COUNTY, ARKANSAS, 1954 - Robert W. Chowning

Copyright, with Permission: Weston McCollum Lewey, Publisher
-Times Herald Publishing-Forrest City, Arkansas