Patillo, Ruby Lee

  • Thursday, April 3, 2014
Ruby Patillo
Ruby Patillo

Ruby Lee Patillo, 85, of Chattanooga, died on March 28, 2014 in Memphis, Tennessee.

She was a member of New Mt. Carmel Baptist Church and retired from U.S. Stove Company.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Willie Patillo; parents and several siblings.

She is survived by her daughter, Darlene (William) Edwards, Memphis, Tennessee; grandchildren, Ebony Triplett, William Triplett IV, Dominic Crawford, all of Memphis; great-grandchildren, Kelsey and Kendall Dennis; brother, Philemon (Mary) Dunnigan, Las Vegas; sisters, Georgia Swindle, Alabama, Willie Mae Salis, Rosie Nell Frazier, Al.; sister-in-law, Pearl Mae Dunnigan, Chattanooga; other relatives and friends.

Funeral services will be on Saturday, April 5, at 11 a.m. at New Mt. Carmel Baptist Church with Reverend Floyd Whiteside officiating. Interment will be in Lakewood Memory Gardens – East. 

The body will lie in state after noon on Friday and the family will received friends from 6–7 p.m. at John P. Franklin Funeral Home, 1101 Dodds Ave., 622-9995.

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