Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries


Doris Fay (Ivy) Patrick Ruyle

  Doris Fay Ivy Patrick, was born in the Mt. Zion Community located near 
Fairfield, Texas on May 9, 1926. She was the daughter of Johnie James Ivy and 
Ruby Irma Harrison. She had one brother, J. Bradford Ivy of Fairfield.  
  She graduated in 1942 from Fairfield High School with Honors and a Scholarship 
in Music. She attended Texas Womens University at Denton, and graduated with 
Honors at age 18 in 1945 with a Bachelor of Science Degree. She began her teaching 
career in Streetman where her first assignment was to teach 35 students of sixth 
and seventh grades, some of which were almost as old as she was. She served as 
First Baptist Church of Streetman pianist from 1945 thru 1949 at which time the 
Streetman School moved to Fairfield. Doris began her teaching career in Fairfield 
in the fall of 1949 where she taught the third grade. In the meantime she served 
as the pianist for the Calvary Baptist Church from 1949-1961. Doris received her 
Masters of Education degree with honors from Sam Houston State Teachers College 
in Huntsville in 1957. 
  She was a member of the Kappa Delta Pi Honor Society in Education. 
  In 1961, Doris married Arthur N.S. Patrick, Jr, a Richland banker and rancher. 
In 1966, Doris began teaching second grade in the Lee Elementary School in 
Corsicana where at the end of the school year 1970, she was honored as Teacher 
of the Year by the Corsicana Independent School District. In 1972, Doris and 
Arthur adopted their daughter Ann Susan Patrick Littrell who is married to Lee 
Edward Littrell of Corsicana. Doris saw her family grow in numbers with the birth 
of granddaughter Selena Nan Littrell and grandson Lee Edward Littrell, Jr. 
Doris’s granddaughter Selena and her husband Marshall Mathis, Jr have this month 
presented Doris with two great granddaughters. She married Albert Ruyle on 
February 8, 2013. Doris Ivy Patrick has gently and kindly touched the lives of 
literately thousands of young children through her 34 year teaching career.  
  Visitation was Sunday, April 13, 2014 from 1:00 - 3:00 pm at Griffin-Roughton 
Funeral Home in Fairfield. Service were held at 3:00 pm Monday, April 14, 2014 
at Griffin-Roughton Funeral Home Chapel, Fairfield. Burial followed at Richland 
Cemetery.
  Arrangements are by Griffin-Roughton Funeral Home