Bonnie Catherine Patterson
July 19, 1907 ~ February 11, 2001
Resided in:
Candler, NC
Mrs. Patterson was born in Swain County and was a lifelong resident of Buncombe County. She was a daughter of the late Lewis Franklin and Delia Poston Sawyer. She was also preceded in death by her husband, William Jesse Patterson who died in 1974, and by her sisters, Sadie Ammons and Velma Banks, a brother, John Sawyer, and a grandson, Bryan Jackson.
She was a member of Oak Hill United Methodist Church and worked for the Buncombe County Schools lunch rooms.
Surviving are two daughters, Alene Kinsland-Smith and her husband Ralph and Barbara Looney and her husband Bill; three grandchildren, Larry Kinsland, Teresa Rose and Lisa Knollman; three great-grandchildren, Josh and Jesse Kinsland and Christopher Knollman, one great-great-granddaughter, Ava, and one step-great-granddaughter, Emily Knollman.
Funeral services will be at 12:00 noon Tuesday at Oak Hill United Methodist Church with the Rev. Kim Higgins officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Her family will receive friends from 11 - 12 Tuesday at the church.
Memorials may be made to Oak Hill United Methodist Church, 277 Oak Hill Road, Candler, NC 28715.
Groce Funeral Home on Patton Avenue is in charge of the arrangements.
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We all wish we could have been there. The Frank Patterson family.
Alene & Barbara,
My thought and prayers are with you and your families.
Aunt Bonnie made a point to visit our family in times of celebration and sadness and we will never forget her and these acts of kindness.
Love, Nancy
I remember Aunt Bonnie fondly and would most often see her when I would be visiting with Sadie Ammons. She was always such a kind, gentle, and upbeat person, it made an impression even at a young age.
Let us all remember her as a truly wonderful person.