Thomas James (Collins) Patterson (1937 - 2022)

Born 29 Jun 1937 in Waxahachie, Ellis, Texas, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Bobbie Gean (Bailey) Patterson — married 19 Aug 1960 in Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas, United States

Died 21 Sep 2022 at age 85 in Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas, United States

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Biography

T. J. (Collins) Patterson is Notable.

T. J. Patterson was born Thomas James Collins in Waxahachie, Texas in 1937. He was an educator and newspaper publisher in Lubbock, Texas, and he was the first African-American to serve on the Lubbock City Council. Lubbock's Patterson Library is named in honor of T. J. and his wife Bobbie Gean. He passed away in 2022.

Sources

• "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4LLX-JTW2 : 12 March 2020), Thomas James Collins, 1937.
• Price, Phil, Equal Opportunity Hero: T. J. Patterson's Service to West Texas Lubbock, TX: Texas Tech University Press (2017)
• "A gift to Lubbock, Texas, U.S.A.: T.J. Patterson, city leader and first Black councilman, dies." Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, September 21, 2022. https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/news/2022/09/21/t-j-patterson-lubbock-leader-and-first-black-councilman-dies/69509160007/