Beula Bennett Patterson, 100, of Ronceverte passed away on Mar. 3, 2026 at Seneca Trail Healthcare Center.
She was born Jan. 28, 1926 at Camden on Gauley, the daughter of the late Pat and Florence Kerr Bennett.
Mrs. Patterson was an LPN and worked at the Cabell County Hospital in Huntington and was of the Baptist Faith.
She was preceded in death by her husbands, James Lee Patterson and Virgil W. Hanshaw, Sr.; daughters Madonna Hepler and Shelbia Jean Bayne and her son Virgil W. Hanshaw, Jr.; grandson-in-law Fariborz Kasmai.
Surviving are her grandchildren; Marcia Navidi-Kasmai, Carla Maria Abate, and Carlos Meade Hepler and his fiancé Kathleen Ongena; great-grandchildren Corey Austin Bailey, Matthew Casey Witt and Cailie Madison Sutphin (Kelly Sutphin) and their daughter Adelee Sutphin; son-in-law Carlos M. Hepler (Ruth); stepchildren; Joseph L. Patterson, Jr. (Cindy) and Sherri Browning; and special family friend Sue Fridley.
Funeral services for Mrs. Patterson will be Friday, Mar. 6, at 11 a.m. at Wallace & Wallace Funeral Home in Lewisburg with Pastor Tim Dillon officiating.
A visitation will be held at Seneca Trail Healthcare Center; 1115 Maplewood Ave., Lewisburg, WV 24901 from 12 noon until 2 p.m. on Friday Mar. 6.
Following the visitation we will be travelling to the West Virginia Memorial Gardens, Route 55, Little Beaver Creek Road, Calvin, WV 26660 for her interment beside her husband James.
