Phillip "Red" Patton, 72, of Morganton passed away Sunday, May 31, 2020. Born in Burke County, NC on January 8, 1948, he was the son of the late Clifford Jacob Patton and Ruth Gladys Lee Patton.
Red was a US Army veteran of the Vietnam War and worked at SGL Carbon for 40 years. He was an avid fisherman who was a poet and a prankster.
In addition to his parents, Red was preceded in death by two brothers, Clifford Lee Patton and Garland Davis Patton.
The graveside service will be held at 1 p.m., Wednesday, June 3, 2020 at Burke Memorial Park with Joe Green and Rev. Sid Houk officiating. Red will lie in state from 2 until 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, June 2 at Sossoman Funeral Home and Crematory Center.
Source Citation: Sossoman Funeral Home and Crematory Center.
Red was a US Army veteran of the Vietnam War and worked at SGL Carbon for 40 years. He was an avid fisherman who was a poet and a prankster.
In addition to his parents, Red was preceded in death by two brothers, Clifford Lee Patton and Garland Davis Patton.
The graveside service will be held at 1 p.m., Wednesday, June 3, 2020 at Burke Memorial Park with Joe Green and Rev. Sid Houk officiating. Red will lie in state from 2 until 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, June 2 at Sossoman Funeral Home and Crematory Center.
Source Citation: Sossoman Funeral Home and Crematory Center.
Phillip "Red" Patton, 72, of Morganton passed away Sunday, May 31, 2020. Born in Burke County, NC on January 8, 1948, he was the son of the late Clifford Jacob Patton and Ruth Gladys Lee Patton.
Red was a US Army veteran of the Vietnam War and worked at SGL Carbon for 40 years. He was an avid fisherman who was a poet and a prankster.
In addition to his parents, Red was preceded in death by two brothers, Clifford Lee Patton and Garland Davis Patton.
The graveside service will be held at 1 p.m., Wednesday, June 3, 2020 at Burke Memorial Park with Joe Green and Rev. Sid Houk officiating. Red will lie in state from 2 until 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, June 2 at Sossoman Funeral Home and Crematory Center.
Source Citation: Sossoman Funeral Home and Crematory Center.
Red was a US Army veteran of the Vietnam War and worked at SGL Carbon for 40 years. He was an avid fisherman who was a poet and a prankster.
In addition to his parents, Red was preceded in death by two brothers, Clifford Lee Patton and Garland Davis Patton.
The graveside service will be held at 1 p.m., Wednesday, June 3, 2020 at Burke Memorial Park with Joe Green and Rev. Sid Houk officiating. Red will lie in state from 2 until 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, June 2 at Sossoman Funeral Home and Crematory Center.
Source Citation: Sossoman Funeral Home and Crematory Center.
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