Patricia "Patsy" Dora Moreland, 85, of Clyde passed away Tuesday, July 16, 2024, in an Abilene hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, July 22, 2024, at Bailey Howard Funeral Home Chapel with Jarrell Hill and Pastor Travis Sims officiating. Burial will follow in Ross Cemetery in Baird. Visitation will be from 3:00 until 5:00 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.

Patsy was born February 13, 1939, in Sapulpa, Oklahoma to Allie J. and Lena Mildred (Howell) Williams. She graduated from University High School in 1957 and married John Leeverl Moreland in Waco on August 10, 1957. They moved to Clyde from Big Spring in 1977. Patsy worked for People's State Bank for a few years and later as a librarian for Clyde ISD, retiring after many years. She was a member of the Clyde First Baptist Church and the Eastern Star. Patsy loved reading, especially mystery novels, and playing WaHoo. She traded many books with family and friends over the years. She truly enjoyed that she passed her love of reading down to her daughter and many family members.

She is survived by her daughter, Lori Denise Akers and husband Archie of Clyde; her sister, Etta Mae Railey of Cold Spring; sisters-in-law, Lovella Moreland of Leander and Carol Moreland of Gatesville; uncle and aunt, Kenneth and Anne Muncy of Dallas; three grandchildren, Jared Akers and wife Laura of Abilene, Mitchell Akers and wife Makenzie of Eastland and Blake Akers and wife Miranda of Clyde; four great grandchildren, Mason John, Rawlings Elizabeth, Anders Gerald and Beckett Shane Akers and many cousins, nieces and nephews and loving friends.

Patsy was preceded in death by her parents, Allie and Lena; her husband, John Leeverl; three sisters, Allene Tye, Charline Hunt and Gloria Harrelson and her great grandson, Jace Michael Akers.

In lieu of flowers the family suggests memorial donations in Patsy's memory to Abel Speaks at https://abelspeaks.org/give/