Dr. Dow Napier Kirkpatrick, Jan. 3, 1917-March 10, 2004, retired Methodist minister and missionary, died Wednesday in Atlanta, GA at age 87. Dr. Kirkpatrick is survived by his wife of 65 years, Marjorie Savage of Lexington, KY; two sons, Dow N. Kirkpatrick II of Atlanta, GA and David Earl Kirkpatrick of Birmingham, AL; six grandchildren, Dow Napier Kirkpatrick III, Byron Wight Kirkpatrick, Alexander Earl Kirkpatrick, Celia Carey, David Andrew Kirkpatrick, Mary Amanda Kirkpatrick; and a great-grandchild, Dow Napier Kirkpatrick IV. A memorial service will be held at St. Mark United Methodist Church, 781 Peachtree Street N.E., Atlanta, GA at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, March 16, 2004. There will be a visitation prior to the memorial service in the St. Mark Church parlor beginning at 10 a.m. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that contributions be made to the Oxford Institute for Methodist Theological Studies, United Methodist Church Educational Foundation, P.O. Box 340005, Nashville, TN 37203-0005 or any other charity the donor may select. H.M. Patterson and Son Spring Hill, 1020 Spring St. NW, Atlanta, GA 30309. 404-876-1022 .
