Erline M. Patrick

Erline M. Patrick, age 78, of Tuscaloosa, died Oct. 8, 2011, at home. Services will be 2 p.m. today at Memory Chapel Funeral Home with Bishop Michael Feltman and Rev. Kenneth Wyatt officiating. Burial will follow in Grants Creek Baptist Church Cemetery with Memory Chapel Funeral Home, a Dignity Memorial Provider, directing. The body will lie in state one hour prior to services at the funeral home.

She was preceded in death by her husbands, Glenn Duncan and Harvey Patrick; parents, Robert A. and Lilly Miller; and sisters, Mildred Hayes and Clara Norwood.

Survivors include her daughter, Nancy Robertson (Jim) of Fosters; sons, Dexter Duncan (Chandra) of Tuscaloosa and Tony Patrick (Jan) of Fosters; sister, Hazel Bobo of Coker; brother, Robert Miller (Elois) of Spring Hill, Tenn.; grandchildren, Chanda Feltman (Anthony), Christa Duncan, William Patrick, Rebecca Ragan (Allan), Chelsea Averette (Nathan), and James (Lisa), Anthony (Hannah), Jeffery, and Greg Robertson; and great-grandchildren, Mallorie Feltman, Rylin Patrick, Ethen Averette, James Robertson, III, and Ramsey Robertson.

She was born in Gordo and graduated from Gordo High School in 1951. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She was a member of Grants Creek Baptist Church. She was employed by F.W. Woolworth's for over 25 years.

Pallbearers will be Billy Norwood, Anthony Feltman, Hunter Snider, William Patrick, James Robertson, and Anthony Robertson.

Honorary pallbearers are Charles and Lena Stamps, members of Grants Creek Baptist Church, members of Tuscaloosa South Nazarene Church, Archie and Christine Dotson, Carol Hutto, Mary Wade, Eleanor Shell, Barbara Lowery, and Randy Arrington.