Joyce Foster Patterson

Mrs. Joyce F. Patterson, 74, resident of Sunnyside Lane, died Sunday, September 14, 2003 at St. Thomas Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 P.M., Wednesday, at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Rev. Douglas Hendon and Rev. Steve Robertson officiating. Burial will be in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends Tuesday from 4:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Gideons International, P.O. Box 663, Columbia, Tennessee, 38402. Notes of sympathy may be sent to the family at www.oakesandnichols.com. The Morton's Gap Kentucky native was the daughter of the late Claud Foster and Mable Uzzel Foster. She was a retired employee of Roses Department Store and a member of Grace Church of the Nazarene. Survivors include her husband of fifty-four years, Arch G. Patterson of Columbia; a daughter, Brenda Patterson of Bourbonnais, Illinois; three sons, Wayne Patterson, Mike (Diane) Patterson both of Columbia, Steve (Deb) Patterson of Mt. Pleasant; four grandchildren, Jennifer Patterson, Whitney Patterson, Matt Patterson, John Patterson all of Columbia; two sisters, Alberta Osborne, Kay Smith and two brothers, Will Foster and Charles Foster, all of Kentucky. She was preceded in death by three sisters and two brothers. Pallbearers will be Matt Patterson, John Patterson, Isaac Griffy, Jack Auville, Don Dooley, Billy Sargent, Herschel Currie and Jerry Attkisson. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Senior Adult Sunday School Class of Grace Church of the Nazarene, Columbus Street, Edward Daniels, John White, Loftin Moore, Jay Mayberry, Jesse Sharp, Katharine Davis, Virgie Goins, Maxine Haywood, employees of Ace Hardware, Dr. Thomas Dake, Dr. Belinda Bart, Buddy Frazier, Leo Hunt, Chris Cummins, Rev. Steve Queen, Walter Jewell, Mike Webster, Ricky Webster, C.H. Hutchison, Billy Kennedy, Jerry Kennedy, John McCord, Jim Bailey, Enoch George, Ashley Brown, Jim Baker, James Fleming, John Porter, Walter Harlan, Joe Reischman, Mike Floyd, Mike Bolton and caregivers, Maria Alderson, Lois Osborn, Linda Hedrick and others.