Obituaries:  Oscar J. Patterson, Sabine Parish       P-362
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Apr 5, 1935
Submitted by: Tammy Larche-Smith
              tammy@cp-tel.net




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The Sabine Index - Oscar J. Patterson

  5 Apr 1935 - Oscar J. Patterson was born at Gilmer, Texas, Oct. 26,
1891, and died at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. (Gene)
Patterson, near Zwolle, March 19, 1935.  Death occurred after an
illness of nine days with double pneumonia.  Oscar moved with his
parents to Sabine parish in 1900 and lived here until about 1917,
at which time he returned to Texas and located at Crockett.  He was
called into military service May 26, 1918, and was soon sent to
France, where he served with the 142nd Infantry during the closing
scenes of the war on the Champagne and Meuse-Argonne fronts.  He
was in the Army of Occupation several months, then returned to the
states, was discharged June 17, 1919, at Camp Bowie.  About seven
years ago he was married to Miss Nettie Nixon, near Huntsville,
Texas.  She is now in the state hospital at Rusk, Texas, where she
has been under treatment for some eighteen months.  The funeral was
held at Aimwell church Monday, the 20th, at 11:00 a.m., with the
house well filled with relatives and friends.  The song service
was conducted by Mrs. W. O. Roberts, who sings in the spirit and
also knows how to enter into tender sympathy with the bereaved.  

  The writer has known and enjoyed the friendship of the family
since the early years of their residence in Sabine parish, was in
charge of the funeral.  Oscar was nearly our own age, was for
several years one of our choice boyhood friends.  There were a
few veterans present to pay respects to the deceased comrade and
the family.  These all acted, with others, as pallbearers.

  At the grave the flag was removed from the casket and presented
by Mr. Jackson to the mother.  Oscar had been a member of the
Baptist Church for years, having joined at Vines in 1914.  Besides
other relatives the immediate family left to mourn his departure
are his parents, his invalid companion, their little five-year-old
son, Boyd, one brother, Eli, and two sisters, Miss Nell who teaches
at Mt. Carmel high school, and Mrs. Edgar Ervin of Zwolle.  

  The eldest daughter of the family, Mrs. Maud Fletcher Dowden,
preceded her brother, Oscar in death by just ten days.  This
deepens our sympathy for the family and all the relation. ----
L. L. O'Neal