MARTHA JO OYLER PATTERSON died on Dec. 7, 1993 &
was the daughter of Mae Bell Oyler, Retail Merchants
Association Secretary, and Mace Oyler. She attended
Ranger High School in the Class of 1943 at Ranger,
TX. Her brother, Mace Oyler, was a member of RHS-
1945. She was also a granddaughter of Mrs. Maggie
Masters, who had the boarding house on Main Street,
& Abraham Masters. She returned to Ranger High School
to teach after her college work and specialized in
speech, also directing the junior & senior class
plays. Jo married Dr. Thomas V. Patterson, a
pediatrician, and they lived in Denton, TX, where
he practiced and where they are buried. He died
in 1998. Jo's parents and grandparents are buried
in the Davidson Cemetery between Strawn & Mingus.