Bill Text: MS HR54 | 2023 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Dr. Katherine Fokakis "Katie" Patterson; mourn loss and commerate life upon her passing.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-02-09 - Enrolled Bill Signed [HR54 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2023-HR54-Engrossed.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2023 Regular Session
To: Rules
By: Representative McCarty
House Resolution 54
(As Adopted by House)
A RESOLUTION MOURNING THE LOSS AND COMMEMORATING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF DR. KATHERINE FOKAKIS "KATIE" PATTERSON, AND EXPRESSING DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS UPON HER PASSING.
WHEREAS, the State of Mississippi suffered the loss of an exemplary family physician in Katherine Fokakis "Katie" Patterson, MD, who succumbed to a brief and sudden illness on September 4, 2022; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Patterson grew up in southern Mississippi, having attended Hattiesburg High School and subsequently matriculated at the University of Southern Mississippi, where she graduated magna cum laude, before moving to Jackson and attending the University of Mississippi School of Medicine, where she graduated magna cum laude in May 2003, as a distinguished member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Patterson completed her family medicine residency as well as a women's health fellowship from the Corpus Christi Family Practice Residency Program, and then followed her heart back to Mississippi, where she joined the Indianola Family Medical Group and South Sunflower County Hospital in 2007, establishing a large practice in the underserved Mississippi Delta, providing full spectrum care, including obstetrics, during her entire time in practice; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Patterson served future physicians in the State of Mississippi as a passionate advocate for the Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program and the Office of Mississippi Physician Workforce, while also donning the intrepid and necessary role as a teacher, educating countless medical students and residents, hosting rural rotations, obstetrical blocks, lectures and mentoring; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Patterson was recognized for her exemplary contributions to family medicine in July 2022, with her selection for the John B. Howell Memorial Award as the Family Physician of the Year by the Mississippi Academy of Family Physicians; and
WHEREAS, though she has now departed the earthly realm to bask in the presence of the great Deity in the spirit realm, Dr. Patterson's enduring legacy of service will forever be cherished in the hearts of her beloved survivors: her husband, David Clayton Patterson; four sons, Samuel Clayton Patterson, Reilly Campbell Patterson, Nicholas Brayden Patterson and John Kastens Patterson; father, Dr. Arthur Nick Fokakis; siblings, Virginia "Ginny" Fokakis Williams (Gary) and Dr. Terry Nick Fokakis (Kendra); and six nephews with one in expectancy; and a host of over other relatives, colleagues and friends; and
WHEREAS, it is the policy of the House of Representatives to commend the life of such a selflessly remarkable servant and follower of Christ as Dr. Patterson, whose departure leaves a hole in the hearts and lives of her patients, colleagues, friends and family that will never be filled:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, That we do hereby mourn the loss and commemorate, with deep gratitude, the life of Dr. Katherine Fokakis Patterson for her inspirational dedication and extraordinary service to her patients, to the family of medicine, and to the State of Mississippi, and extend deepest sympathy to her family and friends upon her passing.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be furnished to the family of Dr. Katherine Fokakis "Katie" Patterson, the President of the Mississippi Academy of Family Physicians and to the members of the Capitol Press Corps.
