Okey Patteson
He was born at Dingess, West Virginia and raised at Mount Hope, Fayette County.[1] Patteson graduated with a bachelor's degree from West Virginia Wesleyan College and did post-graduate work at Carnegie Institute of Technology.[2] Patteson was a member of the Board of Trustees of West Virginia Wesleyan, and of a number of societies: Free masons, Knights Templar, Moose International, Lions, Chamber of Commerce, American Legion, Sons of the American Revolution and Elks.[2] After his term Patteson served as general manager of the Turnpike, returned to real estate business, and became president of the Raleigh County Bank.In 1969, Governor Arch A. Moore, Jr. named Patteson to the newly created Board of Regents.