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Mother Mary P. Patterson, ‘Tireless Crusader,’ Preserved COGIC Heritage, Dead at 83

(Facebook/Church of God in Christ)

Mother Mary P. Patterson, widow of the Church of God in Christ’s first presiding bishop and a woman with a strong desire to preserve the denomination’s history, died on June 24 at age 83 in Memphis, Tennessee.

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COGIC announced her loss via a Facebook post, describing her as a “tireless crusader” for preserving its heritage:

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