Bertha E. Holcombe Patterson, 78, widow of Carl D. Patterson, went home to be with The Lord on Sunday, May 22, 2016. Mrs. Patterson was born in Anderson, daughter of the late Parley Oscar and Mary Finley Holcombe.
She was retired from the Arial Plant of Alice Manufacturing Co. and she was a member of Jehovah Witnesses Kingdom Hall in Central.
Survivors include sons, David Patterson of Easley, Gerald Patterson and Bryon Patterson both of Pickens and brothers, Johnny Holcombe of Pickens and J. Roy Holcombe of Easley and sisters, Earline Roper and Jeweldean Durham. Also surviving are 17 grandchildren and 36 great grandchildren. In addition to her husband and parents, Mrs. Patterson was preceded in death by a daughters, Shirley Dunson, and Sharon Broome, sons, Ronnie Dean Patterson and Charles Eugene Patterson and brothers, James Holcombe, and Herman Holcombe and sisters, Elizabeth Gibson, Eula Hudson, Verdebell Jameson, and Beatrice Gantt.
The family will receive friends at Dillard Funeral Home on Thursday, May 26, 2016 from 9:30 to 11 AM with funeral services following in the funeral home chapel at 11 AM.
Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Park and Gardens.
A message of condolence may be expressed to the family by visiting www.Dillardfunerals.com.
Family members are at their respective homes.
Dillard Funeral Home Pickens, SC
