Betty Patrick

Born Feb. 11, 1938, in Charleston, to the late William Marlin and Mary Belle Moreland Hedges, she lived all her life in Mississippi County where she was a member of the Full Gospel Church in East Prairie.

On Dec. 22, 1945, in New Madrid, she married James Sidney Patrick, who survives of the home.

Other survivors include: five sons, Barry Patrick, Jimmy Patrick, Johnny Patrick, Stephen Patrick and Paul Patrick of East Prairie; three daughters, Susie Easley and Marla Dean of East Prairie and Debbie Sipp of Bertrand; seven brothers, Bobby Hedges and Jeff Hedges of East Prairie, James Hedges, Bruce Hedges, Lloyd Hedges and John Hedges of St. Ann, Ill., and Terry Hedges of Benton; five sisters, Louise Duke, Pauline Sipp and Martha Brown of East Prairie, and Brenda Beauback and Dorothy Greer of Charleston; and 27 grandchildren and 27 great-

grandchildren.

Four sons, one daughter, four grandchildren, two brothers and her stepmother, Dorothy Lee Hedges, also preceded her in death.

Visitation is at 5 p.m. today at the Shelby Funeral Home in East Prairie, where services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday with Mike Johnson officiating.

Burial will follow in the East Prairie Memorial Park Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be: Bobby Martin, Stephen Patrick, Chris Patrick, Dusty Patrick, Phillip Mobley and Jeremy Grogan.

Honorary pallbearers will be: Aaron Fuller, John Whybark, Daniel Easley, Josh Mobley and Tyler Whybark.