Nowata Star
126 E. Cherokee St.
Nowata, OK 74048
November 29, 2000
Permission for archiving obituaries given by Phillip Reid, Publisher

Cecil Mae Patterson, 86 and a former Nowata resident, left this life Saturday, November 25, 2000 in the Medicalodge of Dewey.

Graveside services for Mrs. Patterson were held at Memorial Park Cemetery in Nowata, on Monday, November 27 with the Reverend Rick Thayer officiating. Interment follwed under the direction of Benjamin Funeral Service of Nowata.

Cecil Mae began this life October 13, 1914 in Broken Arrow as the daughter of Milton and Adaline Sharpless Holladay. She grew up at Broken Arrow and received her education there. She met and later was united in marriage to Raymond L. Patterson on July 6, 1932 at Broken Arrow. The couple lived in Tulsa for a time and later moved to Chelsea where Mr.Patterson operated a grocery store. They came to Nowata in 1949 where Mr. Patterson operated Raymond's Feed & Produce. Mrs. Patterson moved to Bartlesville in 1998. She was a member of the Full Gospel Christian Center in Watova. Her hobbies included sewing, chrocheting, quilting and gardening.

Mrs. Patterson is survived by one son, Ronald G. Patterson and his wife Sue of Dewey; by two daughters: Joyce Ann Jones of Bartlesville and Margueritte Sue Linn and her husband, Sherman of Tulsa; one sister, Garnetta Anderson of Coweta; by eight grandchildren, eight great grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild, and by other relatives and friends.

Mrs. Patterson was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond on May 18, 1998; by one son: Milton Lee Patterson, by one grandson, Kerry W. Jones, by one son-in-law, Harry Allen Jones, five brothers and three sisters.