Hunt Co., TX - Obits: Rdelle Patterson ***************************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb by: Sarah Swindell USGenWeb Archives. Copyright. All rights reserved http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ***************************************************** Rdelle Patterson Services for Rdelle Patterson, 80, of Celeste were at 2:00 PM, Sunday, at the Taylor Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Ken Cole officiating. Burial was in Celeste Cemetery. Pallbearers were Alvin Shanks, Lowell Stringer, James Lowe, George Chapman, Raymond Phillips, and Gene Rainwater. Mr. Patterson died on July 7, 1978, at his home. Born on October 7, 1897, in Celeste, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Lem Patterson. He was married to Mary Stewart on September 1, 1932, in McAlister, Oklahoma. He was a retired and a former employee of Hunt County. Survivors include his wife of Celeste; three sons, Dudley Patterson of Dallas, Frank Patterson of Rockwall, and James Patterson of Celeste; two stepsons, Glen Reed of Muskogee, Oklahoma and Doyle Reed of Tulsa, Oklahoma; three sisters, Mrs. Lucy Brown of Commerce, Mrs. Elmer Sudderth of Leonard, and Mrs. Roscoe Connatser of Dallas; ten grandchildren; and two great- grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers. (July 14, 1978, The Celeste Courier)