As careers go, Nellie Patterson's was relatively short. She spent only about fifteen years during the early part of this century teaching in one-room schools scattered over Ozark County, and later in the larger schools of Gainesville. But in those years, she became widely known as a woman of wit, wisdom, compassion, and faith. She personified the true Ozarkian: rugged, yet gentle; independent, but devoted to her family and friends.
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