Michael Earl Patterson

Michael Earl Patterson, 47, of Valdosta died Saturday, November 22, 2008 at the Brooks County Hospital. He was born in Cook County on March 20, 1961 to Kathleen Brown Patterson and the late Earl P. Patterson and was a lifelong resident of this area and had worked as a sheet metal craftsman. Mr. Patterson was associated with the Lowndes County Firefighters as chief and a member of the Red Knots Chapter 17. He was the 2004 Triple Crown Champion in Taekwondo with ATA in Valdosta. Mr. Patterson was an honor graduate in criminal justice at Central Georgia Tech in Macon and was an avid motorcycle rider. He was a Protestant.

Survivors include his wife, Cynthia Denise Patterson of Valdosta, two sons and daughter in law, Roscoe and Jessica Patterson of Adel, Samuel Blake Patterson of Nashville, daughters, Christina Leigh Baxter, Danielle Denise Parker, son, Matthew Shane Parker all of Valdosta, grandchildren, Gabriel Patterson, Tyler Patterson, Hunter Baxter, Alexia Baxter, his mother, Kathleen Patterson of Adel, brother and sister in law, Allen and Janie Patterson of Adel, sister and brother in law, Kathy and John Alford of Madison, Fla., several nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins. He was preceded in death by his father, Earl P. Patterson, his grandparents, Otis and Zetta Lee Katie Brown and George and Dora Brown Patterson.

Funeral services will be held at 11am, Tuesday, November 25, 2008 in the chapel of Carson McLane Funeral Home with Pastor Franklin Walden, Jr. and Dr. Clyde Stokes officiating. Burial will follow in the Friendship Cemetery in Hahira. The family will receive friends on Monday from 6-9pm at the funeral home. Condolences to the family may be conveyed online at www.mclanefuneralservices.com. Carson McLane Funeral Home.


Funeral Home:
Carson McLane Funeral Home
2215 North Patterson Street
Valdosta, GA
US 31602