Earl M. Patterson Sr.

Owned and operated Patterson Auto Repair

Earl M. Patterson Sr., 79, of Waynesburg, died Thurday, March 2, 2000, in Washington Hospital.

He was born January 20, 1921, in Goshen, Va., a son of George W. and Susie Jane Wood Patterson.

Mr. Patterson was a laborer and superintendent with R.G. Johnson Co. for 35 years.  In 1986, after retirement, he owned and operated Patterson Auto Repair.

Herserved in the U.S. Army during World War II in the Phillippine Islands.

Mr. Patterson was a member of First Church of the Nazerene of Waynesburg.

On August 13, 1942, he married Helen Eileen McMasters, who died December 17, 1997.

Surviving are two sons, Warl M. Patterson Jr. and Larry Patterson, both of Waynesburg; three daughters, Helen, Joan and Jane Patterson, a;; of Waynesburg; four grandchildren, Sandy and Bobbie Hammons, Regina Patterson and Larry Patterson Jr.; two great-grandchildren; four brothers, Robert Patterson, Charles Raymond Patterson and Lester Patterson, all of Waynesburg, and William Patterson of New Kensington; two sisters, Mildred Sokol of Carmichaels and Lucille Ferguson of Tuledo, Ohio.

Deceased, in addition of his wife, is a brother, George S. Patterson.

Friends of Earl M. Patterson Sr. of Waynesburg, who died Thurday, March 2, 2000, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., the hour of services, Saturday, March 4, in Behm Funeral Home Inc., Greene Street, Jefferson, with the Rev. John T. Hayes officiating.  Entombment will be in Greene County Memorial Park.  Graveside military rites will be conducted by American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and Disabled American Veterans, all of Waynesburg.