Kathryn Juanita Patterson Steele

Mrs. Kathryn Juanita Patterson Steele, age 90 of W. Currahee Street, Toccoa entered the presence of her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, September 9, 2025 at the Stephens County Hospital, surrounded by her family.
A daughter of the late Ottice Bascom Patterson and Wilma Lucille Tolbert Patterson, she was born August 18, 1935 in Hall County, Georgia, before moving to Toccoa and graduating from Toccoa High in 1953. She married Thomas Steele who was in the Air Force and moved to Salina, Kansas before moving back to Toccoa in 1959. She retired from Lovetts Jewelry Store with 40 years of service as a Sales Associate. She was a member of the Christian Church in her early years before joining Carnes Creek Baptist Church where she served as a nursery worker for several years. She loved cooking for her family and was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, Dorothy Defoor and by two brothers, Rhuel Patterson and O B Patterson. She was the last member of her immediate family.
Survivors include her husband, Thomas Steele of Toccoa; son and daughter-in-law, Mark and Tricia Steele of Atlanta, Georgia; daughter and son-in-law, Rita and Joe Sewell of Toccoa; six grandchildren and several great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be Thursday, September 11, 2025, 2 p.m. in the Hillcrest Chapel of the Acree-Davis Funeral Home with The Reverend Brett Sanders officiating. The following family members will serve as pallbearers, David Holbrook, Mark Holbrook, Robert Thomas Steele, Parker Holbrook, Lucas Holbrook, Maya Ann Steele, Amelia Holbrook and Haley Steele Houser.
The family will receive friends at the Acree-Davis Funeral Home on Thursday from noon until the service time. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.acree-davisfh.com.
Interment will follow in the Carnes Creek Baptist Church Cemetery with the Acree-Davis Funeral Home and Crematory in charge of the arrangements for Mrs. Kathryn Juanita Patterson Steele.