Boyce Mourns Death of Patrick
Ernie Johnson referred to his former opponent's death as "a sad and tragic thing for the town of Boyce, for the family and for the people who loved him so much. Our hearts go out to the family."
Carolyn Aaron, who has worked for the town for some two decades, the past seventeen as the town clerk, said Patrick "can't be replaced. This is a new beginning for the town of Boyce. He taught me just about everything I know about government. Now we have to go on about the business of the town."
Don Wilmore, who has served on the Rapides Parish Police Jury, the parish's governing board for fifteen years in a district that includes Boyce, praised Patrick's accomplishments: "He was especially effective in getting grants. He was a good friend and a good mayor."
Resident Kim Cudd, who has lived in Boyce for about two years, said that Boyce "needs to be cleaned up. It needs a face-lift. . . . We'd like to see our property values go up."
Patrick was an educator for forty-one years, the last thirty-eight in Rapides Parish. He was a science teacher and then a principal, first at Reed Avenue Elementary School in Alexandria, the seat of Rapides Parish, and then at North Bayou Rapides Elementary School.
Ruby Smith, supervisor for the Rapides Parish Child Welfare and Attendance Office, said that Patrick "touched the lives of many, many students, not only in Boyce but across the state. . . . He was an educated politician with Christian values."
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