GUSSIE PATTERSON

Graveside services for Gussie Patterson, New London, are scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008, at the Lakewood Cemetery in Henderson with the Rev. Cary Ponder officiating. Services are under the direction of Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home, Overton.

Mrs. Patterson died on Nov. 20, in her home at New London. She was born on March 31, 1910, in Bee Branch, Ark., to Walter H. and Mollie Patterson.

After high school, she went to business college in Tyler. She worked most of her life for the Humble Oil & Refining Company in New London and Tyler.

In addition to her parents, Gussie outlived her brother, Willard, and three sisters, Billie, Marie and Dixie. Billie and Marie died in the 1937 New London School explosion.

She is survived by two primary branches of the Patterson family tree.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 until 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 21.