Emma Keown Patterson, 101, of Sacramento, Kentucky, died Wednesday, July 29, 2020. She was born February 20, 1919. Emma was a member of Sacramento Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Cumberland Presbytery) and served as both the church pianist and organist for many years. She worked for Boeing Aircraft as a “Rosie the Riveter” during the World War II. She started as a riveter on B-17 bombers and was later the first female Class A welder.
About Matthew Gore
Matthew H. Gore is a British journalist, historian, popular culturist, archivist, and educator residing in Memphis, Tennessee. He is the immediate past-president of the Society of Tennessee Archivists and is best known for his book The History of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Kentucky to 1988 (2000). He has also published on a variety of topics as diverse as The Origin of Marvelman (a British superhero of the 1950s and 1960s), the relative scarcity of East German philatelics, and the biography of British pulp artist, Denis McLoughlin. He is employed by the Ministry Council of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at the Cumberland Presbyterian Center in Memphis, Tennessee, as editor of the Cumberland Presbyterian Magazine and as publications manager. He has been associated with both Western Kentucky University, which honored him with their James H. Poteet Award, and the University of Kentucky. He also serves as editor for all Boardman Books (Memphis, Tennessee) publications.
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