Fran Patterson, 70, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, died Sunday, November 1, 2020, at her residence.
Funeral services will be held 11 AM, Thursday, November 5, 2020, at Arbor Baptist Church in Fitzgerald, Georgia, with the Rev. Dr. Lloyd Stembridge officiating. Interment will be 2 PM, at the Hillcrest Cemetery in Sylvester, Georgia. The family will receive friends Wednesday evening from 6 PM until 8 PM, at Arbor Baptist Church in Fitzgerald, Georgia.
Mrs. Patterson was born November 22, 1949 in Vallejo, California, to the late Roy & Martha Porter Weakland. Mrs. Patterson was a homemaker and a member of Arbor Baptist Church.
She is survived by her husband, W.L. Patterson of Fitzgerald; children: Ronald Bryan & Kendra Clayton and Steven Michael & Ashton Clayton; three grandchildren: Arden Thompson & Travis, Andrew Clayton and Hunter Whaley and two step-sons: Bill Patterson and Patrick Patterson; her step-mother, Helen Weakland of Doerun; two brothers: David & Teresa Weakland and Joey & Leigh Weakland; three sisters: Cathy Cleary, Vickie & Jim Aldridge and Heidi & Mike Horne. Several nieces and nephews also survive. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, Kathy Mathieu.