Ruth Patterson
Posted: March 9, 2009
Ruth Weathers Patterson, 81, of Columbus, MS, passed away Saturday, March 7, 2009, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-GT, Columbus, MS. Visitation for Mrs. Patterson will be Monday, March 9, 2009, from 3 to 4 PM at Lowndes Funeral Home. Funeral services will be at 4 PM in the Lowndes Funeral Home Chapel with Mr. Billy Ferguson officiating. Interment will be in Tabernacle Cemetery, Ethelsville, AL with Lowndes Funeral Home, Columbus, MS, directing. Mrs. Patterson was born on June 27, 1927, in Columbus, MS to the late Murray Fred and Nellie Irene Montgomery Weathers. She was a lifelong resident of Columbus, MS, a graduate of New Hope High School, former Miss CAFB, a homemaker and a member of AARP. Mrs. Patterson was an active member Seventh Street Church of Christ where she was a former Sunday School teacher and Vacation Bible School teacher. She was a volunteer for the American Heart Association and the American Diabetes Association. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Patterson is preceded in death by her husband, Millard “Pat” Patterson; son, Owen Alfred Weathers Patterson; brother, Owen Weathers and sister Christine Edwards. Mrs. Patterson is survived by her daughter – Veronica Wilts, Columbus, MS; brothers – Stan Weathers, Columbus, MS; Fred Weathers, Quinlin, TX; sisters – Martha Atkins, Munford, TN; Dot Allard, Millington, TN and a host of nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be nephews and other family members. Honorary pallbearers will be the medical staff of Baptist Memorial Hospital-GT 3rd Floor and the Elders and Deacons of Seventh Street Church of Christ. Memorials may be sent to the American Cancer Society, 1380 Livingston Lane, Jackson, MS 39213 or Palmer Home for Children, P.O. Box 746, Columbus, MS 39703.