A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, May 13, 2015, at Hanes Lineberry Sedgefield Chapel, 6000 High Point Road, Greensboro, with the Reverend Carl Johnson officiating. Interment will follow in Guilford Memorial Park.
Richard was born April 14, 1933, in Sampson County, NC to the late James and Gilma Patterson. He served in the Air Force and for 40 years was the bookkeeper at Carolina By-Products.
Mr. Patterson is survived by his wife of 50 years, Ellen Patterson of the home; son, Richard “RJ” M. Patterson, Jr. and his wife Wanda of Greensboro; grandchildren, Zachary James Patterson and his wife, Jessica, Daniel Patterson and his fiancé, Courtney Propst and great grandchildren, Zachary Lee and Kylie Jean Patterson.
The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m., Tuesday at Hanes Lineberry Sedgefield Chapel.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, PO Box 22478, Oklahoma City, OK 73123, cancer.org, or to Hospice of the Piedmont, 1801 Westchester Drive, High Point, NC 27262, hospiceofthepiedmont.org.
