Patricia Wylie

CHESTER Mrs. Patricia ?Pat? PateWylie, 69, of Chester died early morning Tuesday, November 25, 2008 at the home. The funeral will be held at 11:00 A.M. Friday, November 28, 2008 at Chester Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church.The service will be officiated by Dr. Dwight Pearson and Rev. Clint Davis. Interment will be in Chester Memorial Gardens. Pat was born December 24, 1938 in San Angelo, Texas to Harry M. and Vivian Shaw Pate.She was a graduate ofAmarillo High School, Amarillo, TX and Texas Tech University in Lubbock, TX.She was an active member of the Chester ARP Church where she had taught Sunday School, sang in the choir, knitted prayer shawls, as well as participated in the Ester Strong Circle.She was also a past president of the ARP Women of the Church. Pat led the way for many women into the business world.She was the retired Director of Puchasing for Sequa Corporation.She was the first woman to be elected President of the Purchasing Managers? Association of the Carolinas and Virginia.She served on the Board of Directors of the Chester County Natural Gas Authority since 1989. In 1992 she was elected only the second chairman in the history of the Chester County Natural Gas Authority.Pat was also a member of the DAR and Alpha Phi sorrority. Surviving are her husband Robert E. Wylie; one son, Michael A. Wylie of Chester, SC; one daughter, Martha Lu Shifflett of Tega Cay, SC; five grandchildren, Krystal Widener, Ben Wylie, Kris Widener, Mary Shaw Wylie and Owen Shifflett. The family will receive friends from 6:00 ? 8:00 PM Thursday at Barron Funeral Home, 133 Wylie Street, Chester, SC. Memorial may be made to Chester ARP Church, PO Box 174, Chester, SC 29706 or St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-1905 or Hospice of SC, 179 Columbia Street, Chester, SC 29706. Condolences to the family may be made at www.barronfuneralhome.com.