LOUMELIA PATTERSON, age 92, a resident of Irving since 1945, died Thursday, July 4, 2013 at her home. Born March 19, 1921 in Durant, Oklahoma, she was the daughter of A. N. Rambo and Ida Ruth Jones Rambo. She grew up in Archer County, Texas and graduated from high school there. She later attended Draughans Business College. She married Clinton Patterson May 12, 1941 in Wichita Falls, Texas. They moved to Irving in 1945. She was employed by Lone Star Gas Company in human resources and accounting for 35 years. She was a member of South MacArthur Church of Christ. Preceded in death by her husband in 1983, she is survived by an adopted daughter Judith Torres; adopted grandson, Jessied Martinez; two sisters, Theo Mullins of Terrell and Tommie Crooks of Wichita Falls; and several nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends 7:00 9:00 p.m. Friday, July 5, 2013 at Donnellys Colonial Funeral Home, 606 W. Airport Freeway in Irving. The funeral will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday in the funeral home chapel. Burial will follow at Oak Grove Memorial Gardens in Irving.