Billie Lee Patterson

BILLIE LEE PATTERSON, AGE 82, DIED ON  APRIL 13, 2022     CAUSE OF DEATH - KIDNEY FAILURE AND CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE.  HE WAS BORN IN LOUISVILLE, KY,  BUT PRESENTLY LIVING IN BLUFFTON, SC.  HE WAS IN THE U.S. NAVY AND DISCHARGED IN 1962.

HE WAS WELL-LOVED AND RESPECTED AT THE U.S. SENATE RECORDING STUDIO IN WASHINGTON, DC, WHERE HE WORKED FOR 36 YEARS. HE HAD WONDERFUL CO-WORKERS AND MET LOTS OF INTERESTING PEOPLE IN HIS WORKPLACE.

HIS SURVIVING FAMILY MEMBERS ARE HIS WIFE OF 60 YRS., BONITA  (BONNIE)  K. PATTERSON, DAUGHTER, DEBRA LYNN MCQUAIN, SPOUSE BRYAN J. MCQUAIN, DAUGHTER, HOLLEE MARIE HUFTEN, SPOUSE JEFFREY HUFTEN.  GRANDCHILDREN:  STEVEN MCQUAIN - BRITTANY MCQUAIN,  - HAILEY HUFTEN - KYLE HUFTEN - GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER - MAILIA GONZALES.  HIS BROTHER, JOHN WILLIAMS AND WIFE, SHERRY WILLIAMS - HIS NEPHEW, MARK OLMSTEAD AND WIFE, CHERYL.

BILL AND I WERE MARRIED 60 YEARS ON AUGUST 5, 2021.  HE WAS A DEDICATED, HARD WORKING, CONSCIENCTIOUS  MAN.  HE PROVIDED FAITHFULLY FOR HIS FAMILY AND HIS LOVE FOR  SERVING THE LORD, BOWLING,  GARDENING, SPORTS, AND FISHING BROUGHT HIM MANY YEARS OF ENJOYMENT.

BILL AND FAMILY WERE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF FAITH COMMUNITY CHURCH IN GAMBRILLS, MD., WHERE HE WAS CHURCH TREASURER FOR 33 YEARS.  WE HAD SIX GENERATIONS WHO WERE BORN AND RAISED  AND MARRIED IN THAT CHURCH FAMILY.  EVERY YEAR HE PLANTED ALL THE FLOWERS THAT SURROUNDED THE CHURCH BUILDING.  WHAT A BLESSING HE WAS AND SO WAS THIS CHURCH FAMILY TO US.

BILL WAS A MEMBER OF RED DAM BAPTIST CHURCH, HARDEEVILLE, SC SINCE 2012. AND WHAT A BLESSING THIS CHURCH HAS BEEN TO US.   SERVICES FOR HIS “CELEBRATION OF LIFE” WILL BE HELD AT RED DAM BAPTIST CHURCH, 488 RED DAM ROAD, HARDEEVILLE, SC. ON  THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 2022.  VISITATION - 11:00 -AM -

SERVICE BEGINS AT 11:45 AM.

THE SERVICE WILL BE STREAMED -  AND CAN BE VIEWED AT www.saulsfh.com OR

www.facebook.com/saulsfuneralhome .- ANYTIME AFTER THE CEREMONY.

PRECIOUS IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD IS THE DEATH OF HIS SAINTS.  WE HAVE THE ASSURANCE AND COMFORT OF KNOWING THAT HE IS IN HEAVEN -JOHN 3:15-18  - ENJOYING THE  PRESENCE OF JESUS AND HUGGING  HIM, AND OUR FAMILY MEMBERS  WHO ARE THERE WITH HIM.  WE KNOW WE WILL BE TOGETHER IN HEAVEN AND “LIVE HAPPILY EVER-AFTER”.  BECAUSE - JOHN 6:47 SAYS - “VERILY, VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU, HE WHO BELIEVES  IN ME HAS EVERLASTING LIFE”.  A HOME IN HEAVEN FOR ETERNITY.

IN LIEU OF FLOWERS,  PLEASE SEND YOUR LOVE GIFT TO “SAMARITAN’S PURSE” ,

801 BAMBOO ROAD, NC.   28607 OR “ SAMARITANSPURSE.ORG ".