Margaret Patterson

Margaret Fayne Bond Patterson, 85, of Waco, Texas, passed away early Friday morning, May 30, 2003, at Providence Hospital of Waco.

SERVICES
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at OakCrest Funeral Home chapel with Rev. James Adams and Rev. Drew Wilson officiating. OakCrest Funeral Home is located right across the street from the Heart of Texas Fair Complex.

Burial will be at Union Cemetery in Freestone County.

VISITATION
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at OakCrest Funeral Home, 4520 Bosque Blvd.

PERSONAL LIFE
Margaret was born May 28, 1918, in Freestone County to John Henry Bond and Letha Belle (Gilliam) Bond. She was a homemaker, school teacher and poet, and her poetry received many state and national awards.

Margaret taught school on Guam and in Louisiana. She was a member of Park Lake Baptist Church.

She married William Monroe Patterson in Houston on July 10, 1948, and this year they would have celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother.

SURVIVORS
She is survived by her husband, Bill; a son, John William Patterson of Wyandotte, Michigan; a daughter, Margaret Susan Patterson-Hawkins of Waco; grandsons, Justin Patterson and Dusty Patterson, both of Wyandotte; granddaughters, Amy Christine Masters of Austin, Margaret Leighann Villines of Harlingen, and Pamela Patterson of Wyandotte; great-grandsons, Britt Monroe Villines and Samuel Turner Villines of Harlingen, and Zack Masters of Austin; and sister, Farah Chloe Holmes of Waco.

PALLBEARERS
Pallbearers will be the deacons of Park Lake Baptist Church.

MEMORIALS
Memorials can be made to the Commission for the Blind.

Friends can send an email condolence to the family at our website: www.oakcrestwaco.com.