Hershel Andrew Patterson
December 22, 1915 - November 22, 2012
Memorial Services: 2:00PM, December 1, 2012, Harvest Hills Funeral Home Visitation on hour prior to Memorial Services. Hershel Andrew Patterson born December 22, 1915, to parents Andrew Solomon and Emma Whiteside Patterson in Erath County, Texas, passed away November 22, 2012, in Hamilton, Texas. To his family Hershel was known as “Paw Paw, Pappy and Uncle Hershel”. Hershel loved family gatherings, fox hunting, fishing, watching his grandsons playing football, and watching the Texas Rangers Baseball and Dallas Cowboys. Hershel went to Clairettte schools while growing up and became a successful dairy farmer and rancher while being assisted by Muriel his faithful wife of 72 years. Preceded in death by his parents; Andrew Solomon and Emma Whiteside Patterson, sister; Louise Hughes, brother; S. E. Patterson, half-sisters; Ethel Hulse, Flora Roberson, Era Sneed, grandmother; Mary Golden Whiteside, aunt; Pearl Whiteside. Survived by wife Muriel Phillips Patterson, daughters; Carolyn Wooton Jones and husband Lee, Barbara Drake Henley and husband Jimmy, Sandra Polk and husband Barry, special nephew; Geary Oldham and wife Susie, grandchildren; Paul Wooton, Angela Wooton, Pamela Tope, Shane Drake, Bret Polk, Lynn Hart and a host of niece, nephews, cousins and friends.
Memorial Services: 2:00PM, December 1, 2012, Harvest Hills Funeral Home Visitation on hour prior to Memorial Services. Hershel Andrew Patterson born December 22, 1915, to parents Andrew Solomon and Emma Whiteside Patterson in Erath County,... View Obituary & Service Information