Escambia DOM Patterson’s wife dies Jan. 19

Wanda Collins Patterson — whose husband, Larry, serves as director of missions for Escambia Baptist Association — died Jan. 19 from complications of a massive heart attack. She was 70.

A Thorsby native, she lived in Flomaton and Bay Minette over the years, and at the time of her death she was a member of Little Escambia Baptist Church, Flomaton. She was a homemaker and assisted her husband in his ministry.

Patterson is survived by her husband of 50 years; sons, Clint and Kevin; daughter, Belinda; three grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.