GERTRUE GRIFFIN PATTERSON
Henderson, TN: Mavis Gertrue Griffin Patterson age 87 passed away December 28, 2014 at the Henderson Health & Rehabilitation Center.
She was born May 14, 1927 in Dyer County, the daughter of the late Roy and Vergie Templeton Griffin. She grew up in Chester County and attended school in Chester County. In 1946 she was married to Buford Patterson of McNairy County. They made their home in Chester County. She was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist in Jackson. She loved to garden, work in her flowers and loved to sew.
Mrs. Patterson was a seamstress at Salant & Salant Mfg. and worked as a Beauty Operator after raising her son and retired from I Appeal in Scotts Hill in 1971.
She is survived by a son, James Buford Patterson of Bartlett; a grandson, Michael Patterson of Erwin; a sister, Dorothy Robertson of Saltillo and a brother, W.N. Griffin of Henderson.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Buford Elwood Patterson in 2005 and two sisters, Johnnie Jackson and Ann Edwards.
Funeral services will be 2:00 PM Wednesday at Shackelford Funeral Directors – Casey Chapel with Roy Gobbell officiating and burial will follow in Chester County Memory Gardens.
The family will receive friends at Casey Chapel 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM Tuesday.
Shackelford Funeral Directors – Casey Chapel
Henderson, TN
731-989-2421