A funeral was held July 12 for Johnnie Teaboyce Patterson, Jr., 54. He died July 5 at his home. Born in Charlotte, N.C. the son of the late Birdie Mae Phillips Patterson and Johnnie Teaboyce Patterson, Sr., he moved to Jersey City in 1965. He was a U.S. Army Veteran and member of St. Michael’s Methodist Church, Jersey City. He was the brother of Johnsie Patterson and the late Patricia Patterson, who died June 15 and Glenn Edward Patterson; uncle of Israel Patterson and her daughter Ayanna Mone-Patterson, Cybriel Patterson, Tanake Benjamin, Gary Patterson, Isaiah Patterson, Simone Patterson and Amelle Hancox Cousin of Zina Phillips and his special cousin Howard Phillips. Predeceased by his grand-niece Iasia Reid, he is survived by Iasia’s mother, Tiffany Reid-McGhee and a host of relatives and friends. Services arranged by the Greenville Memorial Home, Jersey City.