Patricia Marie Fleming's Obituary
Patricia M. Panter Fleming, 94 yrs old, of Huntersville, NC passed away on December 4,
2022 in Huntersville.
Visitation for family members will be at 11am Wednesday December 14th at the James
Funeral Home in Huntersville. Burial services will follow in the Salisbury National Cemetery
Annex located in Salisbury, NC at 1pm. Arrangements are by James Funeral Home and the
Veterans Administration.
Patricia was born in Bandon, OR to Ernest and Beulah Vincelette Panter on February 3,
1928. She attended Bandon High School through her junior year and graduated from
Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach, CA..
She married Wayne E. Fleming on June 20, 1948 in Yuma, AZ. She lived at the San Diego,
CA naval base while Wayne made several deployments over seas in the Navy. They lived in
several states before Wayne retired from the Navy in 1952. Patricia worked for Hewlett
Packard in CA and later for Trans World Airlines (TWA) out of Kansas City, MO. She retired
from TWA in 1984. She and Wayne moved to a retirement community in Oroville, CA in
1984, where they spent a majority of their retirement years. Patricia was known for her
generous spirit. She loved music, dancing, was an avid reader and traveled extensively in the
United States and abroad. She especially treasured her role as a Grandmother.
Patricia is preceded in death by her parents Ernest and Beulah Vincelette Panter; her
husband Wayne Fleming, her sister Mary Lou Panter Longmire and her son-in-law James L
Burwell.
Patricia is survived by her three children Craig Fleming of Sonora, CA, Elaine Fleming Burwell
of Huntersville, NC and Kent and Cynthia Fleming of Springfield, MO. She also leaves behind
seven grandchildren, eleven great grandchildren, one great great grand child and several
nieces and nephews to cherish her memory.
Honorary pallbearers Jason Burwell, Travis Burwell, Megan Burwell Theriot, Garrett Fleming,
Dean Fleming, Grant Fleming, and Brad Fleming.
In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made in Patricia’s name to Hospice &
Palliative Care, Charlotte Region in care of the James Funeral Home, Huntersville, NC. The
family of Patricia wish to extend their sincere thanks to nurses and staff of Hospice &
Palliative Care and to the staff of Old Knox Commons Nursing Home of Huntersville, NC
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