Patty was predeceased by her husband Bob in 2001 and their oldest child, Jeff in 1956. Her children left to cherish her memory and life lessons: Leslie (Eric) Heizman, Lisa Doubleday, Robert (Peri) Doubleday Jr. and John (Shelly) Doubleday. Her grandkids Ryan Mott, Jordan (Will Nail, IV) Katie Heizman (Noah Webb) and Maren Doubleday are carrying on many family traditions started by their grandmom. She lived long enough to meet her two great-grands, Woodsley June and William Lamar V, also known as Buck.
Patricia was also predeceased by her parents, Robert and Ava Sudden and three brothers, John, William and Charles Sudden.
Patty loved her gardenias, wisteria and camellias and the enormous sweetgum tree that provided shade to their beloved home.
She had an affinity for elephants, because of their matriarchal, multi- generational groups, and the way they protect each other. Elephants never forget, and neither did our mother, always providing the golden thread that tied us all together.
She was the neighborhood canvasser for the March of Dimes, the Heart Association and the American Cancer Society. Like our dad, she deeply loved Arkansas and became an avid fisherman, crappie and bass beware. (She caught more and bigger fish than Dad. It was a source of pride for her!)
Patty loved her Old Granddad cocktails and her Salem 100 Menthols. See's Candies, a staple of her childhood, were also a tradition at our Thanksgiving and Christmas tables.
A special note of thanks to her caregivers, Jennifer, Theresa, Irlee, Shirley, Jeff and Helen. They treated her with love and respect; she shared her wicked sense of humor with them while she remained in the home she loved so well.
Memorials can be made to, Fifty for the Future, the Broadcast Ministries at Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church, or the Arkansas Nature Conservancy.
