Doris "Mavis" Patterson

Doris “Mavis” Patterson, age 91, of Gatesville passed away Wednesday, February 26, 2014. Funeral services will be 4:00 p.m., Friday, February 28, 2014 at Scott’s Funeral Home Chapel with Minister Deral McWhorter officiating. Burial will follow at Restland Cemetery. The family will receive visitors at Mrs. Patterson's home Thursday evening. Mavis was born on February 22, 1923 in Goldthwaite, Texas to parents, Irk and Minnie Black. She was the fourth child of four daughters and one son. After graduation from high school, she went to beauty school. After quickly realizing that this was not the profession for her, she went to business school in Austin. She met her future husband, A.G. Patterson, Jr. at the Buttercrust Bakery in San Antonio. They married in 1942 in San Antonio. Mavis lived and worked in San Antonio while her husband served two tours of duty in the armed forces during World War II. They then moved to College Station, so that A.G. could study veterinary medicine at Texas A&M. While in College Station, they started their family. Mavis and A.G. (Doc) moved to Gatesville to establish his veterinary practice in 1952, and they remained in Gatesville for the remainder of their lives. They had three daughters: Pamela, Barbara, and Vicki. Mavis worked at the Gatesville State School for Boys as a teacher assistant, co-owned a needlecraft shop with Martha Bone, and worked at the veterinary hospital with A.G. Mavis attended the Cedar Ridge Church of Christ. Her interests included golf, playing cards with friends, and volunteering at the Care Center in Gatesville. Mavis was preceded in death by her husband in 1995, her daughter, Pamela in 2007, her parents, and her siblings. She is survived by daughters, Barbara Herring and husband, Johnny, and Vicki Beckner and husband, Billy; granddaughter, Kori Kortis; grandsons, Aaron and Brett Beckner; and great-grandson, Kutter Kortis, all of Gatesville. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Care Center of Gatesville, 105 N. 7th St., Gatesville, TX 76528.