Cleo Hall Patterson's Obituary
PERRY- Cleo Hall Patterson, 93, passed away on Tuesday, May 8, 2018. Visitation will be held on Friday, May 11, 2018, at 7:00 p.m. at Christ’s Sanctified Holy Church. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, May 12, 2018, at 2:00 p.m. in the Chapel at Christ’s Sanctified Holy Church. Interment will be in the church cemetery immediately following the service. Flowers will be gratefully accepted, or memorial contributions may be made to the Christ’s Sanctified Holy Church Cemetery Fund, 301 Jericho Road, Ft. Valley, GA 31030. Cleo was born in Birmingham, Alabama, to the late Alonzo and Lillie Cate Wilkinson Hall. She worked at the Navy Base and the Army Depot in Charleston, South Carolina. When Cleo and her husband moved to Jacksonville, Florida, she worked for the Internal Revenue Service. The couple moved to Perry in 1988, where she would live out her days. Prior to her husband’s passing in 1992, they enjoyed traveling together, especially to Alaska. Cleo was a member of Christ’s Sanctified Holy Church since 1952 and enjoyed being with her church family wherever she was. She has lived at the Church Campground for many years. She was preceded in death by her parents; her beloved husband, Aulton Patterson; her brother, David Jones; and her son, Alfred Vernon Patterson. Left to cherish the memories of Cleo are her children, Mary E. Swords (Robert Wilson) and Charles Patterson (Martha); her brother, John Jones; eleven grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; her niece, Alice Miller (Charlie), and many other nieces, nephews, and people who lovingly referred to her as “Aunt Cleo”; and Jamie Taylor (Lawrence) whom Cleo treated as a daughter, and her family. Condolences for the family may be left in the online guestbook at www.watsonhunt.com. Watson-Hunt Funeral Home has been entrusted with the arrangements.
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