Mary Haddon Craig Patterson

Mary Haddon Craig Patterson, 83, beloved wife and mother, died Sunday, October 24, 2010 at her residence in the McCains Community. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 2:00 p.m. at Hopewell Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church with Pastor Charles Bradley officiating. Burial will follow in Hopewell Cemetery. The family will visit with friends Saturday from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Oakes & Nichols. Memorials may be made to Hopewell Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, 3886 Hopewell Road, Culleoka 38451. Notes of sympathy may be sent to www.oakesandnichols.com. Born October 31, 1926 and reared in Maury County, she was the daughter of the late Lowry A. Craig and Verna Sheffield Craig. She was a 1945 graduate of Columbia Central High School and earned a B. A. Degree from Erskine College in Due West, South Carolina in 1949. The former Miss Craig taught at the Mynders School prior to her marriage January 29, 1955 to James Little Patterson, Jr., of Savannah, Georgia. They made their home on a farm in the McCains Community. Their forty year marriage ended with is death July 24, 1995. She was a life-long, faithful member of Hopewell Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. Survivors include two daughters, Mary Margaret Moore and Verna (Tim) Heldman of Culleoka; two sons, Jim (Dawn) Patterson of Culleoka and Craig (Tami) Patterson of Houston, Texas; grandchildren, Mary Elizabeth Moore, Rachel Margaret Moore, Hannah Ruth Moore, Matthew Patterson Heldman, Roy Andrew Heldman, Sarah Sheffield Heldman, Grace Elise Heldman, Samuel Patrick Heldman, Ruth Anne Heldman, Timothy Craig Heldman, Lowry Roger O'Neill Patterson, and James Luke Patterson. She was preceded in death by a brother, William Lowry Craig and a son-in-law, Roger O. Moore. Active pallbearers are Matthew Heldman, Andrew Heldman, Samuel Heldman, Charles Mangum, Sergio Youmans, John B. Cothran, Parke Wales, David Rentschler, David Sandlin, Will Mangum, William Toombs, Bobby E. Wales. Honorary pallbearers include Raymond Pigg, Claudie Ervin, O'Neill Moore, Roy Hill, Tom Haney, Dixie Diesel employees, Bobby Wales, and Terry Pope.