His 30-year career in education included eight years as Banks County school superintendent and also a term as president of the North Georgia Superintendents Association. Patterson also was a former chairman of the Banks County Board of Commissioners, a position he held for eleven years.
Patterson was also actively involved in his church, Nails Creek Baptist, where he served as a deacon for 50 years. He and his wife of 61 years, Ruzelle Lewallen Patterson, were the first couple married in the church.
The funeral will be at 3:00 Saturday at Nails Creek Baptist Church.
(A complete obituary can be found on the AccessNorthGa.com Obituaries Page.)
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