Patillo, Michael L.

  • Monday, August 19, 2019
Michael Patillo
Michael Patillo

Michael L. Patillo, 59, passed away on Monday, August 12, 2019, in Chattanooga. 

He is survived by his wife, Windy Patillo;  daughter, Micah Patillo; stepdaughter, Serta Watkins; stepson, Maurice “Pap” Watkins; mother, Mrs. Willie Mae Holland; father, Willie “Jitte” Smith; stepmother, Thealmae Smith; mother- in-law, Constance Watkins; four aunts, Minnie Rhodes, Evia Holland, Ruby Nail, Marion Brown and a host of other family and friends.

Mr. Patillo will lie in state on Wednesday, Aug. 21, beginning at 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.

A funeral service will follow at 1 p.m. in the funeral home chapel. 

Interment will be in Highland Memorial Gardens.

Arrangements are by John P. Franklin Funeral Home, 1101 Dodds Ave., 423 622-9995.

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