Carol Hendricks Patterson

December 16, 1940 - April 4, 2009

Mrs. Carol Elizabeth Hendricks Patterson, 68,died Saturday, April 4, 2009 at Providence Hospital in Columbia. The funeral will be 2:00 PM Tuesday at Lake Wateree Baptist Church with Rev. Ron Gregory and Rev. John O’Cain officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Born December 16, 1940 in Winston-Salem, NC, Mrs. Patterson was the daughter of the late Russell Ward Hendricks and Ernestine Cranfill Hendricks. A graduate of Beaufort High School she was retired from Blue Cross Blue Shield of SC as a claims specialist. She enjoyed the outdoors. She was a good wife, mother and friend and will be missed for her smile and humor. She never met a stranger. She was a member of Lake Wateree Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband Edward O. Patterson; one daughter, Michelle Johnson of Franklin, IN; one son, Rev. Clayton E. Cordell of Lancaster, SC; two grandchildren, Cody & Shelby Johnson of Franklin, IN; three step-sons; David Patterson of W. Columbia, SC, Steve Patterson of Columbia, SC and Van Patterson of Pelion, SC; one step-daughter, Lisa Reed of West Columbia; one sister, Dorothy Ballard and one brother, James Hendricks both of Columbia, SC. The family will receive friends from 1:00-2:00 P.M. Tuesday at Lake Wateree Baptist Church. Memorials may be made to Lake Wateree Baptist Church “Pavilion Fund”, 5856 River Road, Ridgeway, SC 29130. Condolences to the family may be made online to www.dantzlerbakerfuneralhome.com.