December 21, 1937 ~ October 17, 2026 (age 88)
Mary Patricia (Morris) Mayfield was born in Opelika, Alabama on December 21st, 1937, and she died on October 17th, 2026 in Phenix City, Al.
She was preceded in death by her husband, James Blake Mayfield, her father, Homer Daniel Morris Sr., her mother, Sarah Lenora (Rearden) Morris, her brother, Homer Daniel Morris Jr., and a daughter, Lisa Marlin (Mayfield) Smith.
She leaves behind two adult children, a son, Charles Jeffrey Mayfield, and a daughter, Pamela Lei Mayfield Adcock (Jere Smith).
She leaves behind three grandchildren, Sydney Adcock, Spencer Adcock (Cassie), and Casaundra Novak (Kori), and three great-grandchildren, Alice, Lily, and River.
She leaves behind one living sibling, a sister, Susan (Morris) Brookhart (Dennis Sobanski).
She also leaves behind many special friends. Among these, the family would like to offer special thanks to Chris and Tanya Parker, who were loved by her like family.
The family would also like to offer special thanks to her long-time, childhood friend, and the deliverer of her eulogy, Wayne Swindall.
Patricia Mayfield—Pat to her friends—was an amazing woman, Daughter, Sister, Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Great-Grandmother, and friend. She grew up in Opelika and graduated from Opelika High School. After graduation, she moved to Atlanta briefly, working as a model and an assistant in a psychiatric hospital before returning to Opelika, where she met, dated and eventually married James Blake Mayfield. Together they raised and loved their three children, Lisa, Jeff and Pam. In addition to being an extraordinary mother and housewife, Pat excelled at numerous, diverse jobs outside of the home over the course of her life as the family relocated every few years for economic betterment. In addition to Alabama, she and Blake lived in Virginia, Indiana, Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee, finally landing back in Alabama, where she and Blake made their home in Selma until Blake’s passing in 2011. She returned to Opelika, where she lived happily and independently, and continued to do so up until her recent sickness.
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