‘Pat’ Buford Freelon Patterson

ODESSA — “Pat” Buford Freelon Patterson, age 78, passed away Friday, May 7, 2004, at his residence in Odessa.
He was born June 3, 1925, to Buford D. and Flossie Patterson, in Chester County, Tenn. He married Mary Genetta Stanfill on January 22, 1946, in Corinth, Miss., later moving to Odessa in 1955 from Tennessee.
He was a manager in the body shop at Sloan Brothers Buick before retiring.
He was a loving Christian husband, father, and grandfather. He was a Protestant.
He was in the U.S. Army and served during World War II. He was a local and state president of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, a 32nd Degree Mason, a lifetime member of VFW, a Lions Club Volunteer and a baseball coach for Little League through the American Legion League.
Survivors include his wife, Mary Patterson of Odessa; sons, Byron F. Patterson and wife, Pam, of Gardendale; and Donald L. Patterson and wife, Traci, of Venus; daughter, Deborah K. Goldie and husband, Thomas J. S. Goldie, of Spicewood; brothers, Milburn “Jim” and wife, Ramelle Patterson, of Decater, Ala.; Hulon and wife, Fay, Patterson, of Jackson, Tenn.; Frank and wife, Lottie, Patterson of Decater, Miss.; sisters, Bonnie and Frank Howard of Chappel Hill, Tenn.; and Thelma and Howard Justice of Dothan, Ala.; nine grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Visitation is scheduled from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, May 9, 2004, at Hubbard-Kelly.
Services are scheduled for 4 p.m. Monday, May 10, 2004, at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Chapel, with the Rev. Doug Herget officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Services are entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home.