David Patterson

Services will be at 10:00 A.M. on Monday, November 22, 2010 at First United Methodist Church with Rev. John McClean officiating. The family will receive friends from 4:00 to 6:00 P.M. on Sunday, November 21, 2010 at Brooks Chapel. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery. David Patterson was born on July 29, 1935 in Doyle, Oklahoma to John and Clara Burton Patterson. He was a graduate of Groom High School and then graduated from West Texas State University. He completed his graduate work at Oklahoma University and did additional graduate work at Texas A&M University. He married Jackie Estlack in Clarendon on November 11, 1956. He taught school in Hereford from 1960 to 1964 and was a professor of Mathematics at WTSU for thirty-one years, retiring in 1995. David was a veteran on the U.S. Army Signal Core. He loved antique cars, Blue Grass and Country music and enjoyed traveling. He was the founder of Panhandle Council of Car Clubs and was a member of Amarillo Antique Auto Club, Early V8 Ford Club, Studebaker Club, Porsche Club, and First United Methodist Church . He will be remembered for his great sense of humor. He is survived by his wife, Jackie, of the home; a daughter, Marcella Cropper, of Ft. Worth; a grandson, James Wilson, of Ft. Worth; two sisters, Shirley Sustaire and husband, T.C., and Charlotte Aldy and husband, Roy, all of Groom; his mother-in-law, Ruby Estlack, of Clarendon; and numerous nieces and nephews. The family suggests memorials to Meals on Wheels, 2616 13th Avenue, Canyon, Texas 79015, Make a Wish Foundation, 411 S. Fillmore St., Amarillo, Texas 79101, High Plains Food Bank, 815 Ross St., Amarillo, Texas 79102, or a favorite charity.