Jack C. Patterson

JACKIE C. PATTERSON, 1945-2026

JACKIE CLAY PATTERSON, AGE 81, OF SIKESTON, MO, DIED WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 2026, AT MERCY SOUTHEAST HOSPITAL IN CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO.

JACK WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 14, 1945, IN CLARENCE, MO. HE WAS THE SON OF DARRELL E. PATTERSON AND MARGARET ANN (MAUPIN) PATTERSON AND AFTER HIS HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY.

ON FEBRUARY 16, 1973, HE MARRIED PATRICIA (REYNOLDS) PATTERSON.

HE LOVED LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM AN EARLY AGE AND WAS INSPIRED BY HIS UNCLE WHO WAS SHERRIFF. JACK WAS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR 37 YEARS. HE SERVED THE CITY OF SIKESTON UNDER POLICE CHIEF, ARTHUR BRUCE AND SCOTT COUNTY UNDER SHERRIFF, BILL FERRELL. HE HELD THE TITLE OF SARGENT AND MET OUTSTANDING QUALIFICATIONS UNDER THE STANDARDS OF THE STATE IN FIREARMS.

JACK RECEIVED MANY ACCOLADES IN HIS CAREER INCLUDING, OUTSTANDING YOUNG MEN OF AMERICA AWARD IN 1977,1994 OUTSTANDING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OF THE YEAR CERTIFICATE OF MERIT FROM THE MO ASSOC OF COUNTIES, AND A RESOLUTION FROM THE MISSOURI HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR OUTSTANDING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.

HE WAS A MEMBER OF AND ATTENDED BERTRAND METHODIST CHURCH. UPON THE CLOSING OF THE CHURCH IN BERTRAND, HE TRANSFERRED HIS MEMBERSHIP TO WESLEY UNITED METHODIST IN SIKESTON. JACK WAS ALSO A FAITHFUL MEMBER OF THE “JAY’S COFFEE GUYS”.  HE ATTENDED MORNING AND AFTERNOON MEETINGS.

JACK IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE PATRICIA (TRISHA) PATTERSON OF THE HOME, A SON, DAVID ADDISON (LORI) BOARDMAN OF SIKESTON, MO, AND A VERY SPECIAL NIECE, MELANIE (ALLEN) MORRIS OF JACKSON, MO. 

HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS AND HIS BROTHER RICHARD E. PATTERSON.

SERVICES WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 2026, AT McMIKLE FUNERAL HOME IN SIKESTON, MO WITH VISIATION FROM 10:30 A.M. UNTIL THE FUNERAL HOUR AT NOON. THE REV. PAULLESTER WALKER, PASTOR OF THE WESLEY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN SIKESTON, WILL OFFICIATE.

INTERMENT WITH FULL MILITARY HONORS WILL FOLLOW AT 2:00 P.M., TUESDAY, AT THE MISSOURI STATE VETERAN’S CEMETERY IN BLOOMFIELD, MO.

ONLINE CONDOLENCES MAY BE SHARED AT WWW.MCMIKLEFUNERALHOME.COM.

HONORARY PALLBEARERS WILL BE THE MEN OF WESLEY CHURCH IN SIKESTON, MO.