Frank James Patterson's Obituary
Mr. Frank James Patterson, 82, passed away Saturday, March 22, 2014, at Carolinas Medical Center-NorthEast in Concord.
A funeral service is scheduled for 4:00 pm Monday, March 24, 2014, at Mt. Mitchell United Methodist Church. Rev. David Raiford, Rev. Janice Wensil and Rev. Steve Johnson will officiate. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 2 to 3:30 pm Monday at Mt. Mitchell United Methodist Church.
Mr. Patterson was born September 12, 1931 in Rowan County. He was a son of the late Roy McCray Patterson and Margie Troutman Patterson. He worked for Cannon Mills as a foreman in the card room until his retirement in 1989. He was a lifelong member of Mt. Mitchell United Methodist Church.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Rosella Patterson and a brother, Clyde Patterson.
Mr. Patterson is survived by two daughters, Donna Patterson Goodman of Rockwell and Karen Johnson and husband, Steve of Hickory; five grandchildren, Kendra Pozyck and husband Cameron, Caitlin W. Charles and husband Kevin, Rosemary Johnson, April Parker and husband Bill and Ashley Hill and husband Heath; and four great grandchildren, Avery Johnson, Mary Parker, Ashlyn Hill and Lydia Charles.
Memorials may be sent to Mt. Mitchell United Methodist Church, 6001 Old Salisbury-Concord Road, Kannapolis, NC 28083.
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