Myra Roberta Patterson Kent, age 90, formerly of Charleston, MO, died Saturday, March 11, 2023, at the home of her daughter in Kewanee, MO.

She was born July 10, 1932, at Tallapoosa, MO, to the late Roy Patterson and Nannie Williams Patterson and was a proud graduate with the 1951 Class of Risco High School.  She grew up in New Madrid County and lived there where she worked as a licensed beauty operator. Her husband's employment in the Cotton Ginning Industry would then relocate the family to various places, eventually settling in Kansas where they remained number of years.  In 1997, they returned to Charleston and in 2005 moved to Sikeston.  When able, she attended the First Assembly of God Church in Charleston.   She was a strong Christian woman who loved her family dearly.

On December 1, 1951, she married James Douglas Kent, who preceded her in death September 13, 2007.

Surviving are her sons, Victor Lynn (Vickie) Kent of Greenville, PA and James Scott (Debbie) Kent of Salina, KS; her daughter, Angela Kay (John) Anderson of Kewanee; her brother, James Patterson; her sisters, Shirley Ritchie and Joyce Browne; seven grandchildren and seventeen grandchildren; as well as a number of nieces, nephews and cousins.

In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by her brothers, Paul E. Patterson and Marvin Patterson and her sister, Rebecca Patterson.

Visitation will be from 10:30 a.m. until the funeral hour at 12:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 15, 2023, at the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston. Brandon Tanksley, pastor of Discover Life Church, will officiate.

Interment will follow in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery at Bloomfield, MO.

Pallbearers will be Victor Kent, Scott Kent, John Anderson, John Sorrells, Anthony Carden and Audra Swafford.

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