Joseph Patrick Temple

Joseph Patrick Temple of Asheville, NC passed away on May 27, 2022, after a short illness. Patrick was born on August 16, 1941, to Lloyd and Dorothy Temple of Reidsville, North Carolina.
After Patrick graduated from Reidsville Senior High School in 1960, where he was a star basketball player, he went on to study at Hargrave Military Academy and then East Carolina University. After graduating from ECU Patrick started his first job at Kimberly-Clark as a sales representative, kick-starting a long and successful career in sales and management.
In 1981, Patrick met Zada Robinson of Asheville and they later became married. Zada has been a loving and faithful wife and stepmother to Patrick's 4 adult children for almost 40 years.
Upon retirement, Patrick spent his time driving military recruits to their entrance processing from Western North Carolina to Charlotte's Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS), a job which he was so proud of.
Patrick was preceded in death by his father, Lloyd in 1977 and his mother, Dorothy in 2001.
He is survived by his wife Zada Robinson Temple of Asheville, NC, his sister Mary Lloyd Temple Snider of Havelock, NC, and his adult children Hamilton Temple of Cary, NC, Patterson Temple-Ford of Center Valley, PA, Andrew Temple of Charleston, SC and Abigail Temple-Gavalas of Charleston, SC. Patrick also has 9 grandchildren. Taylor Temple of Hickory NC, Parker Temple Wassilchak of Charlotte, NC, McLain Temple of Charlotte, NC, Riley Temple of Cary, NC, Garrity Ford of Center Valley, PA, O'Neill Ford of Center Valley, PA, William Ford of Center Valley, PA, Benjamin Temple of Charleston, SC and Jack Temple of Charleston, SC.
Services will be held at 11:00 am on Friday, June 10th at St. Eugene Catholic Church, 72 Culvern Street, Asheville, NC 28804
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Asheville Humane Society or Brother Wolf.