Paul Patterson (author)
| Paul Ivan Patterson | |
|---|---|
| Born |
March 28, 1909 Gaines County, Texas, USA |
| Died | March 14, 2008 (aged 98) Crane, Crane County, Texas |
| Resting place | Rankin Cemetery in Rankin, Upton County, Texas |
| Residence |
Crane, Texas |
| Alma mater |
Rankin High School |
| Occupation | Schoolteacher |
| Spouse(s) | Marjorie "Marge" Vincent Mixon Patterson (married 1941-2005, her death) |
| Children | No children |
| Parent(s) | John Dee and Noda Pollard Patterson |
Crane, Texas
Rankin High School
Sul Ross State University
Paul Ivan Patterson (March 28, 1909 - March 14, 2008) was a novelist, poet, short story writer, essayist, storyteller, and educator, primarily from Crane, Texas.
Patterson was born near Seminole in Gaines County in far West Texas near the New Mexico border. His father was John Dee Patterson (1869-1966), a native of Fannin County in North Texas; his mother, J. D.'s first wife, the former Noda Eula Pollard (1879-1970), was originally from Gatesville in Coryell County in Central Texas. J. D. and Noda married on February 25, 1900 in Big Spring in Howard County. There J. D. Patterson worked for a railroad and then operated a freight company.
The Patterson family moved south to Rankin in Upton County. For three terms J. D. was the elected county judge for Upton County. After a divorce from Noda c. 1926, when Paul was still a teenager, J. D., at fifty-eight, wed the former Sarah Caroline Conway (1876-1971), a native of Erath County who was divorced from William Elmore Long (1867-1943). J. D. and "Sadie", as she was known, wed on May 21, 1927, in Big Lake in Reagan County, Texas. From this union, he acquired three stepdaughters and a stepson. J. D. and Sadie moved to Mineral Wells in Palo Pinto County, where he resided as a farmer for the nearly forty remaining years of his life. He and Sadie were members of the Jehovah's Witnesses denomination. "Judge" Patterson, as he was still known after he left office, is interred at Sturdivant Cemetery in Mineral Wells, along with his second wife, Sadie, who died at the age of ninety-five in Weatherford in Parker County. Noda Patterson did not remarry; she died at the age of ninety-one, a year before Sadie. She is interred at Rankin Cemetery.
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