Alice Lucretia Patterson

Alice Lucretia Farrar Patterson was born on June 1, 1928 in Nashville, Tenn. Her parents were Nina Ellen Mills and Henry C. Farrar, and she had three older brothers. She received her B.A. degree from David Lipscomb University and her M.A. in Education from Peabody College. She taught for three years in the Nashville City Schools and one year at Harding grade school in Searcy, AR. While there she met Gene Patterson; they married August 29, 1954 and were married for 60 years before his death in 2014. They had four children and she highly valued the role of wife, mother and homemaker. She taught ladies’ and children’s Bible classes, and encouraged young moms through the Motherly Love ministry. She and Gene were faithful members of Westover Hills church of Christ and loved being involved in the international ministry there. She had a great love for coffee, classical and Christian music and books. Her favorite authors are those of scripture, especially the Gospel of Luke and Acts, and she also enjoyed other authors such as C.S. Lewis, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Philip Yancey, and Max Lucado.

Lucretia was proud of her brother, Dr. Henry Farrar, who helped to establish Nigerian Christian Hospital, and prefers donations to International Health Care Foundation, 102 N Locust St., Searcy, AR 72143-9920 for the support of NCH in lieu of flowers. Lucretia was a faithful and beloved daughter, sister, wife, mother, and grandmother.

She is survived by children: Mark (Fran) Patterson, Jeff (Jan) Patterson, Kay (Brent) Magner, and Sara (Chris) Boyer; grandchildren: Teal Patterson, Joy (Ben) Langford, Jessica (Sam) Selby, Jaimie (Will) Morgan, Joshua Patterson, Julia Patterson, Daniel (Jasmine) Magner, Jennie Magner, Caleb (Amalia) Magner, Ann Magner, Emilee Boyer, Scott Boyer, and Ella Kate Boyer; and great-grandchildren: Elijah Langford, Emeline Langford, Eloise Langford, Gabriel Selby, Brooklynn Selby, Theo Selby, and John Everette Morgan.

The family will have a small private burial on Friday, January 22, and a public visitation Sunday, January 24 at Weed-Corley-Fish Funeral Home, 3125 North Lamar Blvd., Austin, Texas. A memorial celebration of life will be scheduled at a future time in the summer.