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Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at the M.E. Church, for R.A. Patrick who died at the Paintsville Hospital Wednesday.
He had been an active Mason for more than fifty years and had been granted a badge of honor issued by the Grand Lodge of Kentucky Masons.
The services will be in charge of C.R. Garland, pastor of the church, and by members of the local lodge of Masons. Mr. Patrick was nearly 76 years of age and for more than 50 years had been one of the prominent citizens and churchmen of Paintsville.
Mr. Patrick came here from Magoffin County where he was a member of a very prominent family.
He was the son of the late Captain Rube Patrick of Civil War fame, and is survived by a large number of relatives in both Johnson and Magoffin. Judge Patrick had held many trusts of honor and responsibility.
He served as deputy Circuit Court Clerk for a number of years and for several years thereafter was connected with Northern Coke & Coal Company,of which John C.C. Mayo was the head. He also acted as Police Judge of Paintsville and held that position until a few months before his death when he resigned because of ill health.Judge Patrick had lived an upright Christian life and had been a member of the Paintsville M.E. Church for fifty years.
Burial will take place Friday afternoon and will be in charge of the Masons in Mayo Cemetery. Besides his wife, Mrs. Colista Stafford Patrick, he is survived by two daughters, Miss Gertrude Patrick of Paintsville and Mrs. Harry Howes, of Lexington,; three brothers, Henry Patrick of Wenatchee, Washington; Frank Patrick of Arizona, and Ben Patrick of Salyersville; three sisters, Mrs. Susan Hurt, of Ivyton Ky.; Mrs. June Millard, Wilmore, Ky.,and Mrs. Maude Salyer,of Owingsville, Ky.
PAINTSVILLE HERALD May 27, 1937
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1861 - 1937 (75 years)
