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- December 24, 1926 - February 11, 2013
Christine Cashion Patrick, 86, of Carriage Court, went to be with her Lord and Maker, late Monday evening, February 11, 2013, following declining health during this past year.
Dutiful daughter, devoted wife and loving mother, Christine was born on Christmas Eve 1926, and was the daughter of the late James Futhey and Mina McLister Cashion of Brighton, Tennessee.
Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her four brothers, Baxter, Robert, Hill and Bill, and two sisters, Margaret and Frances, as well as her loving husband of 56 years, Henry Houston Patrick, who predeceased her in 2003.
Surviving are her sons, Stephen Allan Patrick, of Jonesborough, TN, and Paul Houston Patrick and wife, Kate, of Memphis; granddaughter, Kirk Patrick Lescher and husband, Cole, of St. Louis; and grandson, Reid Houston Patrick, of Oxford, MS; three sisters-in-law, Una Patrick Reece, of West Memphis, Dorothy Patrick, of Collierville, and Evelyn Cashion, of Hernando, MS; and 24 nieces and nephews and their families.
With special thanks given to niece, Rachel Cashion Young, for her attention and invaluable medical assistance.
She was a loyal and faithful member of Providence Reformed Presbyterian Church having been a member since 1946. She also had a remarkable career spanning 46 years as secretary and receptionist for Cosmopolitan, Hines-Smythe Cosmopolitan and Memphis Memorial Park Funeral Homes, retiring in 2006 six months shy of her 80th birthday. She was a loving and devoted person and will be deeply missed by all who knew her.
Visitation will be Saturday, February 23, beginning at 12:30 at Memorial Park Funeral Home at 5668 Poplar Avenue, Memphis, with the celebration of her life immediately following at 2:30. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.
The family requests that, in lieu of flowers, memorials should be sent to the American Cancer Society, the Providence Reformed Presbyterian Church, or Memphis Union Mission.
The family would also like to express its sincere gratitude to the staffs of Primacy Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center and Carriage Court Assisted Living Facility for their watchful care and service during these past 14 months. [1]
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