Funeral service will be held Sat., Dec. 9, 2017 at 11 a.m. at Rose of Sharon Church Of God In Christ for Laura M. Patrick, age 72, of Picayune, Mississippi. She died Nov. 30, 2017 in Slidell, Louisiana. Bishop Jerome Patrick will officiate at the service. Burial in the Palestine Cemetery under the direction of Baylous Funeral Home. A native of Holmes County, she was retired from the Picayune School District.

Survivors include three sons, Bishop Jerome Patrick of Tylertown, Mississippi, Eugene Patrick Jr. and Derrick Patrick, both of Picayune, Mississippi; three daughters, Sandra Patrick, Annie Lois Patrick and Semeecha Patrick Wilson, all of Picayune, Mississippi; two sisters, Johnnie Roberts of Picayune, Mississippi and Janie Banks of Lexington, Mississippi; one brother, Eugene Patrick of Chicago, Illinois; 11 grandchildren, three great grandchildren, a host of nieces, nephew, relatives and friends.

Preceded in death by parents, father, J.B. Crowder and mother, Mary Lee Weatherall; one brother, J.B. Crowder Jr; one sister, Annie C. Weatherall.

Visitation will be held Sat. Dec. 9, 2017 at 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. in Rose of Sharon Church of God in Christ, under the direction of Baylous Funeral Home