Anna Patton

OZARK… Mrs. Anna Rudolph Patton, a resident of Ozark, died Friday morning, July 8, 2022, in a Dothan hospital. She was 83.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, July 12, 2022, in the Fuqua Bankston Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Jim Hill officiating. Burial will follow in Woodlawn Memory Gardens. Fuqua Bankston Funeral Home of Ozark is in charge of arrangements. The family will receive friends from 5:00 until 7:00 P.M. Monday at the funeral home.

Mrs. Patton, daughter of the late Karl Rudolph and Maria Krebs Rudolph, was a native of Nierstein, Germany. She moved to the United States in 1971 and lived in various locations while her husband served in the United States Army, before moving to Ozark in 1973. Mrs. Patton was formerly employed with Country Market Grocery Store and Super Foods Grocery Store, both in Ozark. She was preceded in death by her husband, Gary Wendill Patton (Captain, United States Army, Retired).

Surviving relatives include her children, Sharon Meacham (Billy), Ozark, Sandra Motl, Belton, Texas, Linda Vickers (Stan), Ozark, and Michael Ruckman (Susan), Americus, Georgia; fifteen grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren.

Serving as active pallbearers will be Michael Ruckman, Nathan Ruckman, Andy Ruckman, Vincent Barranco, Tyler Harrington, and Michael Beasley.