Mildred Colleen Patterson

Mrs. Mildred Colleen Lambert Patterson, 81, passed away Friday, April 1, 2016, at her residence.

A funeral service is scheduled for 2:00 pm Sunday, April 3, 2016, at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Steve Wilson will officiate. Interment will follow at West Lawn Memorial Park in China Grove.

The family will receive friends from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Saturday at Lady's Funeral Home.

Mrs. Patterson was born June 22, 1934 in Rowan County, NC. She retired from Cannon Mills sewing room plant #1.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Claude Patterson.

Mrs. Patterson is survived by two sons, Jerry Patterson and wife Lisa of Charlotte, and Michael Patterson and wife Jeannie of Kannapolis; three grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and nephew, Lonnie Cook.