Gary Alan Patten
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Mr. Gary Alan Patten age 81 of Lakeside Drive Blairsville passed away peacefully on Sunday September 5, 2021 in the Chatuge Regional Hospital following an extended illness. Mr. Patten was born on May 12, 1940 in Dayton, OH., the son of the late Marion Patten and the late Marjorie Carey Patten. He was a veteran of the US Navy of the Vietnam War. He was a Navy Pilot during the Vietnam era. He loved Woodturning, motorcycles, sailing, photography, fly fishing and kayaking. He was a loving husband, father, brother and grandfather. Mr. Patten was of the Methodist faith. Surviving Mr. Patten are his loving wife and best friend of thirty two years, Terry Musaraca Patten of Blairsville, one son, Gary Patten Jr. of Pensacola, FL., three sisters and brothers in law, Marsha and Ralph Iler of Woodstock, GA., Mary and Ray Thorpe of Jeffersonville, IN., Joyce and Jack Merkle of Aurora, CO., two grandchildren, Heather and Amber Patten, several nieces, nephews, many other relatives and friends also survive. A visitation for Gary will be held on Friday September 10, 2021 from 5-7:00 pm from the Mountain View Funeral Home. Interment will follow in the Barrancas National Cemetery in Pensacola, FL. on Thursday October 28, 2021 at 1:30 pm with the US Navy conducting Military Honors. The family will meet with friends following the services at the cemetery. Mountain View Funeral Home of Blairsville is in charge of the arrangements. You may sign the family guest book and send condolences on line at www.mountainviewfuneralhome.com