Adell Patterson Eakes

    Adell Patterson Eakes
(Mrs. Wilson Thomas Eakes)

Adell Patterson Eakes was born July 25, 1918 in Oxford, North Carolina, daughter of Zebulon Vance Patterson and Minnie Puckett Patterson. She died peacefully at Brunswick Cove Living Center near Wilmington after a brief illness. She was in the company of her loving family.

After graduation from Oxford High School, Adelll married Wilson Thomas Eakes. They lived and operated businesses in Durham, then later moved to Charlotte where her husband was in the real estate business. They were active members of Third Presbyterian Church near their home in Charlotte. Adell loved the activities of the church’s Circle One, regular games of bridge, gardening, reading mysteries, poetry and cooking. She was a lady who focused on making a wonderful home for her family of two sons and one daughter and pets.

A few years after her husband’s death, Adell lived a short time at Wilora Lake Village in Charlotte and then moved to be closer to family at Brunswick Cove Living Center near Wilmington. She greatly appreciated the faithfulness of friends and family who kept regular correspondence. On her 91st birthday this year she was still walking and enjoyed her annual birthday party. She still enjoyed her classical music like Beethoven and Bach, loved The 3 Tenors and also popular artists like II Divo and Josh Groban. She was surrounded by flowers and plants and sustained by her faith in God and visits from friends and family.

She is survived by her daughter, Beverly Eakes Akiona (Mrs. Randy) and her husband of Honolulu, Hawaii; a son, Wilson Thomas Eakes, Jr. of Wilmington, his fiancee’ Donna LaTreill, his daughter Amanda Fleming Eakes; a son Kenneth Patterson Eakes of Clover, South Carolina, and his sons Hunter Wilson Eakes and Bryan Thomas Anderson and his wife Carol and their child Cole, her brother Ray Patterson and his wife Ann of Goldsboro. She was preceded in death by 4 Patterson brothers: Pat, Carl, Marshall and Percy and a sister Mabel. She loved her nieces and nephews of each of her brothers and sister.

A celebration of life will be held 2:00 PM, Thursday, October 29, 2009 at Third Presbyterian Church, 4019 Central Avenue, Charlotte, NC 28205.

In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Third Presbyterian Church.

Wilmington Burial and Cremation Service, 1535 S 41st Street, Wilmington, NC 28403 910.791.9099