Leonia Patterson

Leonia May Patterson Leonia May Patterson, the daughter of the late Joe Cecil and Beulah Smith Hyatt, was born in Johnson County, Arkansas on June 11, 1914, and passed away at the Beverly Health & Rehab Center in Bloomfield, Missouri on August 16, 2005, at the age of 91 years, 2 months and 5 days. Mrs. Patterson had lived in the Grayridge area most of her life. On February 14, 1940, she was married to John Henry Patterson. He preceded her in death on September 30, 1960. Surviving are 5 daughters: Ann P. Gray of Panama City, Florida, Sue Barnett of Essex, Missouri, Glenda Hogan of Grayridge, Missouri, Shirley Bowling of Bloomfield, Missouri, Sharon Copeland of Clines Island, Missouri, and 1 son: David Gene Patterson of Orville, California, 1 sister: Dorothy Carter of Prague, Oklahoma, 15 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren. Other relatives and many friends also survive. She was preceded in death by 3 sons: John Edward and Jimmie Dale Patterson on May 30, 1968, George W. "Bill" Patterson on October 11, 2004 and 1 sister: Margie Johnson in 1990.