Fredrick Augustus Patmon, Sr., born in Crescent, Oklahoma on June 20, 1937 was the son of Bessie Reid Patmon and Bose Patmon. Fredrick was married to Opal Combs on December 11, 1960. This union was blessed with two children, son Fredrick Jr. and daughter Toia.

Fredrick graduated from Langston University in Langston, Oklahoma with a B.S. in Business Administration, Major in Accounting. He work for the IRS until earning his Juris Doctorate. After graduating he began practicing law in Detroit, Michigan Metropolitan area.


Throughout the years, he and his law firms have represented and supported numerous African-American community based organizations, local civic rights groups such as Detroit Chapters of the NAACP, SCLC, Black Panther Party and many more.

When I come to the end of the road
and the sun has set for me,
I want no rites in a gloom filled room
Why cry for a sole set free.
Miss me a little but not to long
and not with a head bowed low.
Remember the love that was once shard
Miss me but let me go
For this journey we must all take
and each must go alone.
It is all part of the Master's plan
a step on the road to home.
When you are lonely and sick at your heart
go to friends we know
and bury you sorrows in doing good deeds
Miss me but let me go.