William Sherrill Patterson Jr.

April 27, 2018

Mr. William Sherrill Patterson, Jr., died Friday, April 27, 2018, at CMC-Pineville. The memorial service will be 6 p.m. Friday, May 4, 2018, at Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Joel McMakin officiating. The family will receive friends following the service. Bill was raised in Fort Mill and Indian Land and was the son of the late William Sherrill Patterson, Sr. and Mamie Blackwelder Patterson. He was a 1967 graduate of Indian Land High School proudly served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War. Bill was a former airline mechanic for Air Lift International and later retired from General Tire/Continental. He raised cattle, and grew soy beans and wheat on the family farm. Bill attended St. John’s United Methodist Church in Fort Mill and was a member of Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church. He enjoyed fishing, dove hunting and working on and around the farm. Surviving are his wife, Susan Park Patterson; two daughters, Amanda Patterson of Tega Cay and Karen Patterson of Indian Land; his sister, Janice Poston of Indian Land; and three grandchildren, London Almond, Chase Almond and Austin Newman. He was preceded in death by his sister, Shirley MacKenzie.