Rebecca grew up in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and asked Jesus to be her Lord and Savior at the age of 7. She graduated with honors from The University of Alabama (ROLL TIDE!) with a BS in Child and Family Development and Elementary Education. It was there she met and married the love of her life, Jim Patterson, in 1974. They were blessed with 39.5 years of marriage before his promotion to heaven in 2014. Before children, she taught second grade and Kindergarten and was then blessed to be the “Domestic Engineer” for The Patterson household.

Rebecca has three married children, also claiming their spouses as her own, and 10 amazing grandchildren. Her favorite title is “Granna”.

Regardless in which state she has lived, serving in their local church has taken top priority. This was usually in the student ministry areas of each church.

Since 1983, Rebecca has served at Champion Forest Baptist in Houston, Texas. Currently she is teaching young adults and serves on the Missions Committee. Prior to this, she and Jim served in student ministry until 2012. Together they mentored and taught young adult life groups. She has also served on varying other committees at the church.

She has been associated with UK-USA Ministries since its inception; calling The Taylors “family” for years!

Rebeca has volunteered at the local schools in her district through the years. She served as a member of the Patient Family Advisory Committee at MD Anderson for numerous years.