Rev. Sherman T. PATTERSON
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Sep 3, 1882 - Family Farm In Henderson County, NC
Christening:
Death: Apr 15, 1970 - Henderson County, North Carolina
Burial: in Oakdale Cemetery, Henderson County, NC
Cause of Death:
Events
1. Minister in Little River Baptist Church, Penrose, NC
Pastor of Little River Baptist Church, that his grand-father helped to organize, then
was minister 1848-1849, and again in 1859. Sherman was 'Pastor' about 1959.
Sherman was ask many time about his 'Life & Conversion to the Lord', so, in 1958
he wrote a book "My Conversion and Life of Faith", by Sherman Patterson,
A Testimony of God's Faithfulness. Dedicated to my wife Mrs. Sherman Patterson, who was so faithful in prayer and effort for my salvation. also Dr. M. F. Ham, the Evangelist at the time of my convesion, on May 1, 1908 First Baptist Church, in
Asheville, North Carolina.
Sherman founded and was minister of "Faith Tabernacle of Hendersonville" until
1959. The Tabernacle was built on family property and given him by his brother ErnestPatterson. The property has an interesting story in Sherman's book.
2. Family Photo, Salvation Army Uniform
Parents
Father: Martin Luther "Calvin" PATTERSON (1844-1932)
Mother: Louisa "Lonesa" Margaret HAMILTON (1847-1928)
Spouses and Children
1. *Margaret Lee "Maggie" JARVIS (Aug 24, 1888 - Jan 11, 1968)
Marriage: May 19, 1905
Status:
Children:
1. William Raymond PATTERSON (1906-1959)
2. Hazel Adeline PATTERSON (1915-1993)
3. Ruby Lee PATTERSON (1916- )
Notes
General:
Sherman T. Patterson was born September 3, 1882, at thhe family home on what is know as the Shoal Falls Farm, where he lived until he was nine years old. He was the youngest of six children born to Luther Calvin and Louise Hamilton Patterson. His grand parents were Hampton W. and Elizaberth Moore Patterson and Joseph and Sarah Osteen Hamilton. H. W. Patterson was pastor of Little River Church in 1848, 1849, and 1859.
After growing up on a farm near Hendersonville, Sherman Patterson went to Asheville in 1903 and for fourteen and a half years was employed at the Asheville Steam Laundry. In Asheville he met and married Margaret (Maggie) Lee Jarvis. They had three children;
On May 1, 1908, Sherman Patterson became a Christian, was baptized, and joined Asheville First Baptist Church. Following an accident in the laundry in 1909, he was pronounced dead by two doctors: a third doctor used a then-new technique for reviving victims who had choked, and it worked. Mr. Patterson said that one day afterwards, during his stay in the hospital, God showd him a building, mountains, and people. Shortly after his leaving the hospital, both he and his wife felt God telling them to work with the Salvation Army.
For several years the Pattersons went to the Salvation Army's open air services on Pack Square, gave their testimonies, and witnessed. Maggie's prayers and concern had played a major part in her husband's becoming a Christian. Now he was leading fellow workers at the laundry to the Lord.
In 1917 he became an officer in the Salvation Army and was sent to Winston Salem, NC. Other Cities where he worked on the streets and in the prisons, serving with the Army, were Raleigh, Greensboro, Wilmington, and Charlotte, NC: Atlanta and Columbus, GA: Columbia and Greenville, SC: and Birmingham, AL, before resigning in 1934 to begin faith work. Sherman and Maggie joined the Augusta Road Baptist Church in Greenville, SC and Sherman was ordained by the church October 14, 1934.
The couple helped in revivals, supplied for churches without a pastor, assisted Salvation Army leaders and missionaries, and held bible classes in various parts of the country. Both were able musicians.
The Patterson's built a garage for storage, then a cottage near Hendersonville. His brother Ernest, had acquired the six acres of property their father had not sold before his death and gave Sherman a lot at the location where camp meetings had been held early in the nineteenth century. Sherman Patterson was inpressed to hold a tent meeting at the site.
Later with the gifts and help of a great many people, Sherman constructed the log building he had seen in the vision twenty-eight years before. It was the center of the couple's home mission work in the mountains. At first it had only a tar paper roof and a dirt floor. The first garhering at Faith Tabernacle was the 1937 Hamilton, Patterson, Osteen and Pickelsimer Reunion on the first Sunday in August. In 1938 they began to have regular services at the tabernacle and to teach sunday school for those who were not attending other churches. Bible and missionary conferences became regular features of the tabernacle. Sunday school rooms and a prophet's chamber were added to the building.
Sherman held weekly Bible Classes at Holly Springs and Little River Churches. He visited and held revivals "all up Mud Creek and down Crab Creek into the Little river section," often working among and with his relatives. He was the interim pastor at Grove Street (now Calvary in Hendersonville) and Pleasant Hill Churches.
Little river Church records show that Sherman Patterson was elected pastor in June 1938, and resigned in October 1941, effective December 1, 1941. Transylvania County Baptist Minutes show Sherman Patterson was pastor at Little River in 1938, 1939, 1940, and 1941. During the 1939 association annual session "Rev. and Mrs. Sherman Patterson sang a special song, "Up-to-date-Religion," and Rev. Patterson led prayer. In his autobiography, Sherman wrote, "In 1939 I took over the Little River Church until they could get a pastor, and it was three before they let me go." He continued to lead in revivals and recorded "meetings in seven states" in 1940.
Sherman died April 15, 1970. funeral services were held at Faith Tabernacle (now Faith Bible Church) from which he had retired in 1959. burial was in Oakdale Cemetery, Henderson County. The obituary stated that Mr. Patterson had "served in twenty-one states during his ministry". Maggie Lee J. Patterson, who was born August 24, 1888, died January 11, 1968, and is buried at Oakdale Cemetery.