Photo courtesy of Hunter Funeral Home - Watertown
Aug 5, 1938 - Oct 25, 2025
Great woman of God. Great missionary, using her nursing skills to care for others, overseas! She was a sister to me. She dearly loved her biological family. She knew her final destination as a citizen of Heaven. She made it available to others whenever possible.
Dr. Raymond Kinzounza
October 30, 2025 | Nashville, TN | Friend
I want to send my love and sympathy to all of Mrs. Reba’s familyI was so sad to learn of her passing! Mrs. Reba was a sweet special lady! She was my Sunday School teacher when my dad was the pastor at Round Lick in the early 80’s. My whole family loved her! I have the best memories of fun times spent at her house with her family! We have kept in touch thru Christmas cards over the years and I will miss her sweet messages. Love and prayers to all the family!!
Karen (Manley) Kozlowitz
October 30, 2025 | Nettleton, MS | Friend
Reba Ruth Patton age 87 of Watertown, died Saturday evening, Oct. 25, 2025 at Quality Care Health Center in Lebanon. Born Aug. 5, 1938, she was the daughter of the late Robert Lee Davenport and Josie Mai Aldridge Davenport. Reba was preceded in death by her husband, J.W. Patton in 2012; a grandson, John David Crook; her 3 sisters, Bessie Mai Carter, Bonnie Crenshaw and Margaret Ann Crofutt; and her 7 brothers, John, Jack, Earl, Billy, William, Donnie and David Davenport.
Reba was a faithful member of Round Lick Baptist Church and a nurse with Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She was Involved in many mission projects and medical mission trips. She served people through backyard Bible clubs, camps, VBS and feeding the homeless in Nashville, Knoxville, and Chattanooga. She traveled to many other states including Florida, Kentucky, West Virginia, Michigan, South Dakota and the St. Labre Indian School in Montana. Her love for missions took her outside the US to Mexico, Jamaica, Peru, Romania, Africa, Guatemala and the Amazon River. During Hurricane Katrina she took in 3 senior adults who were misplaced by the hurricane and flooding for two weeks.
Reba is survived by her children, Donna (David) Crook of Alexandria, Glenda (Wiley) Taylor of Lebanon, Diana (Dwayne) Lindsey of Whites Creek and Joey Patton of Watertown; grandchildren, Patrick (Jana) Crook, Randy (Amber) Crook, Jeremy (Lauren) Taylor, Jessica (Jake) Davis, Hanna (Eduardo) Peguero, Reanna (Clint) Logan, Mackenzie (Chandler) Haynes; great grandchildren, Clayton, Summer and Autumn Crook, Benjamin, Abby Joe and Alyssa Crook, Naomi and Lucian Taylor, Liam, Audrey and Trevor Scogin, Jackson, Jameson and Jocelyn Davis, Lilly Grace and Eli Logan, Kingsley Haynes; nieces, nephews and special friend, Christy Kavonous.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025 at Round Lick Baptist Church with Bro. Rick Burns officiating. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. till 8 p.m. Saturday at Hunter Funeral Home and from 1 p.m. till service time Sunday at the church. Pallbearers, Patrick Crook, Randy Crook, Benjamin Crook, Clayton Crook, Wendell Barrett, Jake Davis, Chandler Haynes, Clint Logan, Eduardo Peguero. Interment will follow at Jones Hill Cemetery.
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