Obituary for Peggy Ann Patterson Redfearin
Funeral services honoring the life of Peggy Ann Patterson Redfearin will be held on Friday, May 31, 2024, at 11:00 AM at Oak Forest Baptist Church with Reverends Joe Call, Wesley Jackson and Brent Cosio officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Lawn Cemetery under the direction of Jeane’s Funeral Service. Serving as pallbearers will be Nicholas Hunt, Jimmy Savage, Billy Shira, Daniel Redfearin, Emery Funderburke, and William Shira III.
Visitation will be held on Thursday from 5:00-9:00 PM at Oak Forest Baptist Church and again on Friday from 9:00 AM until time of service.
Peggy Ann Patterson Redfearin was born on May 28, 1931, to Luther Harlen and Thelma Patterson in Lineville, AL. She was the youngest of three daughters. Her Lord Jesus picked her up on May 28. 2024 from her home in Anacoco, La, at the age of 93 years on her birthday.
After graduation from school, she began her work journey as a telephone operator with Ma Bell Telephone Co. She met her future husband at a roller skating rink. From then on she was an Army wife moving around the country and overseas raising her five children. Then she went back to work at the Holiday Inn/Landmark Inn for over 40 years.
She loved her family and her church, Oak Forest Baptist Church, in which she served and worshipped her Lord Jesus Christ for over 55 years. She will be remembered as a selfless, gentle, kind wife, mother and friend. She had a quiet strength and determination that was revealed in her character and temperament. She was known as being a woman of few words so best to listen when she spoke.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Luther and Thelma Patterson; sister, Frances and Charlie Taylor; husband, Nicholas Redfearin; brother in law, Clyde Elliott; and son, Jimmy Redfearin.
Peggy is survived by: daughter: Wanda and Wayne Hunt of Leesville; daughter: Donna and Ed Shira of Houston, TX; son: Doughlas Redfearin, of Anacoco, daughter: Teresa and Bill Shira of Anacoco, sister: Dorothy Elliott of Lineville, AL, sister in law: Nell Traughber of Springfield, TN, and daughter in law: Tannie Swent Redfearin, of Alexandria, LA.
Grandchildren: Jennifer Brown and Chris Corley, Kristie and Jimmy Savage; Nicholas and Sara Hunt; Billy and Tara Shira; Sydney and Joby Gisclair; Daniel Redfearin.
Great grandchildren: Megan Guillory; Victoria Burge; Katy Hunt; William, Lilly, Landon and Leeland Shira; Violet and Autumn Savage and Emery Funderburke.
Great-great grandchildren: Connor and Cooper Guillory; Harlee Burge.
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Previous Events
Visitation
Thursday
30
May
5:00 PM
- 9:00 PM
Oak Forest Baptist Church
7336 Kurthwood Road
Leesville, LA 71446
Service
Friday
31
May
11:00 AM
Oak Forest Baptist Church
7336 Kurthwood Road
Leesville, LA 71446
Cemetery Details
Location
Forest Lawn Cemetery
153 Alexandria Hwy.
Leesville, LA 71446
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