Mildred Carwile, 92, of Purcell passed away Saturday, October 7, 2023. Mildred Lucille Patterson was born September 7, 1931 in Alanreed, Texas, the eighth of nine children born to James Albert Patterson and Ines Geneva (Crawford) Patterson.
The daughter of a sharecropper, she lived in various places in her younger years, as the family followed work, before settling in Groom, Texas.
She married James Horace “Jim” Carwile in Vega, Texas, on June 29, 1945 and together they had four children, sons, Jim and Joe and daughters Pat and Edna. In 1988 they moved to Purcell.
Mildred’s greatest joy was her family and she cherished being “Dingy” to her grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-greats. She lived everyday to its fullest, and was always looking to host good garage sales. She will be dearly missed!
She was preceded in death by her husband, James “Jim” Carwile; daughter, Pat Ely; her parents, James and Ines Patterson; sisters, Nellie Phillips, Lela White and Ruby Hayes and brothers, Clyde Patterson, Carlton Patterson, Carl Patterson, Joe Patterson and Guy Patterson.
Mildred is survived by sons, Jim Carwile and wife, Colleen, of Purcell and Joe Carwile and wife, Rachel, of Purcell; daughter, Edna Fithen and husband, Johnny, of Amarillo, Texas; six grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchild and one more on the way.
Online condolences may be made at www.wilsonlittle.com.
