Patricia Evans Maddox

Pat Maddox, 93, of Raleigh, North Carolina, died at Springmoor Retirement Community’s Stewart Health

Center on January 8, 2024.

She spent her childhood in Camden, South Carolina with parents Lillie Belle Evans Maddox and Herbert

Hugh Maddox. She attended Wingate Junior College before getting a teaching degree from Furman

University. She received a master’s degree in education from the University of South Carolina. Pat was

passionate about teaching, which she did for 30 years in Columbia and Raleigh, retiring from Bugg

Elementary School.

Pat was a member of Forest Hills Baptist Church for over 60 years, devoting her time and energy to

teaching adult Sunday School.

Everyone who knew Pat knew how much she loved traveling. She took her first trip to Europe during

college and eventually traveled to forty-five countries. She loved taking roadtrips with her children and

she visited forty-four states.

Pat played classical piano into her nineties. She also wrote two booklets of poems. She will be

remembered for her independent spirit and humor.

Pat was preceded in death by her parents, son Eric Johnson, and is survived by son Bret Johnson (Jodie)

and grandson William. A public graveside burial will be held Thursday January 11, 2024 at Brier Creek

Memorial Gardens at 11am. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions be sent to

Forest Hills Baptist Church, 201 Dixie Trail, Raleigh, NC, 27607 to support their Ministry to

Internationals.