Patrick Trevor Wayland

Patrick Trevor Wayland Second Lieutenant Patrick Trevor Wayland, 24, passed away on Saturday, Aug. 5, 2011, surrounded by family, close friends and fellow Navy and Marine officers. Patrick was born in Midland, Texas, on Jan. 28, 1987, to David and Carole Wayland. He grew up in Midland where he was active in Little League baseball, youth soccer, church league basketball and church activities. He attended Midland High School, where he played both varsity football and basketball. During high school, he was an academic letterman and was a member of MOAS and the National Honor Society. Patrick was reared in the First Presbyterian Church where he was an active member of their youth program. He participated in many church activities, including Vacation Bible School, Sunday school, youth choir and many trips. Patrick loved traveling with his close friends to Mo Ranch and the Mystery Rambles, but his most beloved times were the four annual Spring Break Mission trips he spent building homes in Juarez, Mexico. He graduated in 2005 and attended Texas Tech University for one year. In 2006, Patrick received a Congressional nomination and accepted an appointment to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. During his four years at the academy, Patrick developed many new friendships with fellow midshipmen and their families from around the country, which would last a lifetime. He excelled at the academy and served as Company Commander (21 Company) his senior year. He graduated from the Academy in May 2010 with honors with a bachelor of science in economics, and received his commission as Second Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps. He attended TBS (The Basic School) in Quantico, Va., for six months, and completed the skills required of a rifle platoon commander in March 2011. He was transferred to Pensacola, Fla. in April and was assigned to Marine Aviation Training Support Group. He was in his second week of API (Aviation Pre-flight Indoctrination). He was injured in a training exercise from which he was unable to recover. Patrick is preceded in death by his grandfather, Donald Wayland. He is survived by his parents, Carole and David, and by his two younger sisters, Meagan and Lisa. He is also survived by his childhood brothers from Midland, his Midshipmen brothers from Annapolis and his Marine Corps brothers from Pensacola and Quantico. He is survived by his grandparents, Inez and Royce Hillman of Plainview, Texas, and Virginia Wayland of Wilmington, Del., as well as his childhood nanny, Ida Zubiate. Patrick is also survived by aunts and uncles, Anna and Mark Wayland of West Chester, Pa.; Lisa and Robert Carpenter of Wilmington, Del.; Susan and Jack Blanchard of Bolingbrook, Ill.; Kathy and John Hillman of Waco, Texas; Kay Hillman Littlefield of Slaton, Texas; JoCaye and Bob Anderson of Azerbaijan and Mona Gale Gibson of Houston, Texas; and cousins, Marshal Hillman, Michael Hillman, Holly Smith, Clayton Dorrity, Jake Dorrity, Katy Christy, Stephen Wayland, Lindsey Wayland, Michael Blanchard and Katy Blanchard. Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 12, 2011, at First Presbyterian Church in Midland with Dr. Steve Schorr, officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home & Crematory of Midland. Online condolences can be made at: www.npwelch.com