Tobe Landrum

Wiggins. He attended L.C. Anderson High School in Austin, Texas

where he was a student assistant coach for the football team. He

was awarded a scholarship in athletic training to the University of

Oklahoma. He joined the United States Army in March 1969 until

he was honorably discharged January 1978. Tobe was employed with

Valero Energy until 1986 when he was injured preventing a pipeline

gas leak and was later employed with Phillips Upshaw and Richard

Funeral Home. He was a deacon at New Mount Rose Baptist Church

in San Antonio, TX and St. John’s College Heights Baptist Church in

Austin, TX. He was a great cook that loved music, watching baseball

and reading his bible. A cherished father. grandfather, brother, uncle

and friend.

Deacon Tobe Landrum married Mrs. Bennie Filmore in December

1976.

He was preceded in death by his father, Mr. Leon Landrum; his

mother, Mrs. Beatrice Thompson Landrum Wiggins; his sister, Ferlie

Spicer and his son, Deacon Ronald Patterson, Sr.

Deacon Landrum leaves to cherish his loving memories, Bennie

Landrum Cochran; two daughters, Falan Ford, Carol “Lanie”

Williams (Elroy); two sons, Donald Patterson, Curtis Simmons

(Norma); four grandsons, Ronald Patterson, Jr., Royce Williams,

D’Morea Patterson, Jaran Simmons; two granddaughters, Brianna

Kelly (Austin), Lisette Simmons; one brother, Charles Landrum;

three sisters, Helen McBride (Robert), Gloria Elliott, Vistella McKee;

great-grandchildren, Avery, Harper, Arya, Shepard, Bellami; and a

host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.