Obituaries:  Velva Patton, Sabine Parish       P-350
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Mar 14, 2001
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Velva Patton (Photo)

  Velva Patton, 73, of Many, died Wednesday, March 7, 2001, at her
residence.

  Mrs. Patton was born July 17, 1927, in Sabine Parish. She
married Riley Patton on Dec. 1, 1943. She was a member of
Friendship Baptist Church, and a homemaker.

  Services were held Saturday, March 10, at 2 p.m., at Friendship
Baptist Church. The Rev. Ted Salley officiated. Interment
followed at Friendship Cemetery in Many, under the direction of
Warren Meadows Funeral Home.

  Mrs. Patton is survived by her husband, Riley M. Patton of Many;
three sons, Jimmy and Pat Patton, and Paul and Phyllis Patton,
all of Robeline, and Tommy and Velva Patton of Many; one
daughter, Connie and Joe Starks of Many; two sisters, Annie Mae
Dew, and Clovis Patton, both of Many; and three brothers, Homer
Farrar of Bossier City, Leonard Farrar of Kilgore, Texas, and
Wilbert Farrar of Many.

  She is also survived by 23 grandchildren, Lanay Middleton of
Robeline, Jimmie Lee Manshack of Robeline, Casey, and James
Grizzle of Many, Kerrie, and Michael Mowad of Many, Tommy Lynn,
and Shey Patton of Sallisaw, Okla., Marty, and Henrietta Starks
of Many, Tim, and Teena Starks of Many, Jonathan Starks of Many,
Stacey, and Joe Wilkerson of Many, Pam, and Greg Dillard of
Robeline, Djuanna, and Kerry Singletary of Marthaville, Ginger,
and John Patton of Ragley, Matthew Patton of Many, and Robert
Blackwell of Lake Charles.

  Mrs. Patton is also survived by 22 great grandchildren, Melyssa,
Mitch, and Maryna Middleton, Blake Manshack, Nathan Patton, and
Summar Hinds, Emiley, and Erin Mowad, Brandon, and Courtney
Starks, Jessica Anderson, Chelsea, and Tyler Starks, Lanie, and
Casey Lites, Noah Wilkerson, Jeremy, Leah, Cade, and Caleb
Dillard, and Tarin, and Dustin Singletary.

  Pallbearers were grandsons.

  Warren Meadows, Many, La.