Miss Ida Patterson, 96, passed away on Friday, December 10, 2010, at her residence in Preston, Mississippi. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 12, 2010, at Nowell-Massey Funeral Home Chapel with burial following in Good Hope Cemetery with Rev. Billy Sodders and Rev. Allen Eaves officiating. She was a retired cafeteria manager and a member of Ebenezer Pentecostal Church of Preston.
Miss Patterson is survived by a host of nieces and nephews, as well as special friends, Geraldine Butts of Preston, Mississippi; George Wade Bates, Sr. and Frank Bates both of Birmingham, Alabama; and her care keepers. She was preceded in death by her parents, Rufus and Mollie Sullivan Patterson; three brothers; and three sisters.
Memorials may be made to Gideon’s or to a charity of your choice. Nowell-Massey Funeral Home, 724 North Columbus Avenue, Louisville, Mississippi, is handling the arrangements.
