Letory Tellis

Patterson

Letory Tellis Patterson was born September 17, 1949, to the late Henry Tellis and Carrie Armstrong Tellis.Letory accepted Christ at an early age and joined Persimmon Hill Missionary Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Johnny Herron Patterson; her parents, Henry and Carrie Tellis; five brothers, Anderson Tellis, Sam Tellis, Henry Tellis, Major Tellis, and Robert Tellis; and five sisters, Callie Suggs, Irene Tellis, Flora
Suggs, Rachel Suggs, and Eliza Farris. Letory united in holy matrimony to Johnny Herron Patterson, and to this union five children were born.
She leaves to cherish her memories: one daughter, Alice Reed of Charleston, Mississippi; four sons, Herron Patterson and Curtis Patterson of Memphis, Tennessee, Wesley (Cassandra) Patterson, and Patrick Patterson of Charleston, Mississippi; one brother, John (Shelia) Tellis of Chicago, Illinois; two sisters, Mary Jackson of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Essie Tellis of Chicago, Illinois; eighteen grandchildren; and a host of nieces,  nephews, cousins, and friends.