Claudia Elizabeth "Betty" Sims Patterson

Claudia Elizabeth "Betty" Sims Patterson January 18, 1932 – July 1, 2024 Richland, Georgia Claudia Elizabeth "Betty" Sims Patterson, 92, passed peacefully into everlasting life on July 1, 2024. Betty was born in Coleanor, Alabama, January 18, 1932, and was the first daughter of the late Dr. Alphonso Radford Sims and Dorothy Elizabeth Owen Sims. She attended schools in Richland, Ga and graduated high school from Brenau Academy in Gainesville, Ga. Betty received her Bachelor of Arts in Music from Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, VA, where she majored in piano. At Randolph-Macon, Betty became a member of Chi Omega and loved her sorority sisterhood she shared with her mother, sister, daughters, granddaughter and close friends. Betty was a lifelong student of music and attended the University of Georgia for graduate studies where she studied piano under Dr. Hugh Hodgson. She fondly referred to him as "Mr. Hugh" when telling stories about her favorite professor at the University of Georgia....