Jimmie D Patton

Vew Video Tribute View Funeral Webcast Jimmie D. Patton, 73, retired from Columbia Gulf Transmission Company and long-time resident of the Hampshire Community, died Thursday, November 25, 2010 at Maury Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 2:00 p.m. at Oakes & Nichols with David D. Davidson officiating. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family suggests memorials to Columbia Academy, 1101 West 7th Street, Columbia 38401 or Cathey's Creek Church of Christ Building Fund, 4418 Stephenson Schoolhouse Road, Hampshire 38461. Notes of sympathy may be sent to www.oakesandnichols.com. The Lewis County native was the son of the late Samuel Watson Patton and Docia Mae Savage Patton. He was a 1955 graduate of Hampshire High School and served in the Tennessee National Guard. Active in church, civic, and community affairs, he was a member of Cathey's Creek Church of Christ, Hampshire Men's Club, Cathey's Creek Community Club, and an enthusiastic booster of Columbia Academy. Affectionately known as "Pap," he is survived by his wife, Bettye Mobley Patton of Hampshire; sons, Jimbo (Mary) Patton of Duck River and Butch (Rachel) Patton of Cross Bridges; grandchildren, Cole Patton and Morgan Patton of Duck River and Max Patton and Mary-Glen Patton of Cross Bridges; nieces, Bonita (Jim) Bratton of Williamsport, Debbie (Stephen) Mencer of Centerville, Kristie (Richie) Turnbo of Columbia; great-nephews, Jim Bratton of Williamsport and Aidan Turnbo of Columbia; sister-in-law, Edith Brooks of Little Lot. He was preceded in death by a sister and brother-in-law, Frances and Glenn Dooley and brother-in-law, Jimmy Brooks. Serving as active pallbearers are Blair Pogue, Dennie Davidson, Ronnie Hinson, John Sparks, Millard Dale, Jim Bratton, Bobby Grimmitt, and Bobby Lee Runions. Honorary pallbearers include doctors and nurses in ICU at Maury Regional Medical Center, retired and active employees of Columbia Gulf Transmission, Elders and Deacons of Cathey's Creek Church of Christ, Hampshire Men's Club, travellers of PJS Tours, Allen Pogue, Wayne Jones, Jim Thomas, Wayne Riley, and W. M. Jaggers