Essie L. (Cu-Chem) Patterson

Services for Essie L. (Cu-Chem) Patterson, 92, of Jacksonville, will be at 10 a.m., Thursday, at Thompson Funeral Home Chapel, with Scott Foster officiating, under the direction of Thompson Funeral Home in Jacksonville. Burial will be at Resthaven Memorial Park in Jacksonville.

Mrs. Patterson died Tuesday, March 6, 2007, at a local hospital. She was born April 16, 1914, in Jacksonville. She was a homemaker and a Baptist.

She was preceded in death by husband, Julious Patterson; and granddaughter Cindi Crisp.

Survivors include daughters, Velma Crisp of Jacksonville; Joyce Kelly of Jacksonville and Judy J. Foster and husband James of Jacksonville; sisters, Mollie Rambin of Dickinson; and Erma Zurborg of Dickinson; eight grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers include Sammy Green, David Crisp, Jody Green, Michael Kelly, Scott Foster and James Foster.

Visitation will be 6-8 p.m., today, at the funeral home.

Information from The Jacksonville Daily Progress