Mable Doris “Dot” Patterson King passed away November 23, 2023. She was born on January 15, 1934 to Monard and Oma Cruse Patterson in Randolph, MS. She attended Randolph School, then moved to Pontotoc and graduated from Pontotoc High School in 1952. She was saved at 13 years old and joined Palestine Methodist Church at Randolph. She worked for Kuhn’s 5 & 10 Cents Store while in school in the evenings and on Saturdays. She married Bill Peden in 1951 and joined West Heights Baptist Church. She worked all of her adult life in the garment and furniture factories while raising her family. After retiring from Brookwood Furniture, she volunteered at the Pontotoc Nursing Home as a member of the NMMC Ladies Auxiliary. She loved her family, her church, cooking, sewing and flowers.
Services will be at 3:00pm Saturday, November 25, 2023, at West Heights Baptist Church. Dr. David Hamilton will officiate. Burial will be in the Cruse Cemetery. Tutor Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Survivors, husband, Danny King; her children, Joe Peden (Mary Ann), Cindy Jackson (Ricky), Julie Sterling (Buster), Angie Peden and Donna Dulaney; her step-children, Gayla Page, Lori Wilson, Lee King and Robin Hankins; grandchildren, Jolie Reid (Dan), Josef Enfinger, Kelly Angle (Brandon), Jason Jackson, Will Peden, Bonnie Bearden, Christie Keith, Hunter Dulaney (Caitlyn), Kelsie Dulaney, Sarah Rachel Jones (Wilson) and Peyton Dulaney; 11 great-grandchildren; 6 great-great grandchildren and a host of nieces and nephews.
Preceded in death by, her parents; her son Buddy Peden, stepson Greg Page; grandson Alan King and Billy Joe Peden; husbands Bill Peden, Prentice Page and Waymon Page; brothers, Stanley Ford Patterson, Carl Wayne Patterson, Anthony Boyd (infant); sisters, Wilma Hattox, Thelma Todd, Cornelia Conlee, Gynell Akers, Mary Loyce Miller Purvis and Maxine Stutsy Johnson; and several nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers, Stan Patterson, Frankie Patterson, David Miller, Bill Rutledge, Phil Todd, Tim Conlee and Jerry Stutsy.
Visitation, 1:00pm until service time November 25, 2023, at West Heights Baptist Church.
She is more precious than jewels; nothing you desire compares with her. Long life is in her right hand; in her left, riches and honor. Her ways are pleasant and all her paths, peaceful. She is a tree of life to those who embrace her, and those who hold on to her are happy. Proverbs 3:15-18
