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My Dad: 1929-2008

David Milton Pattillo

David M. Pattillo was born in 1929 in Springfield, Missouri. He attended college in Southern California and began his career as the Northwest Regional Sales Manager for the Glasspar Boat Company. In 1961 he moved to Tacoma, Washington and became Vice President of the national advertising agency Lennen and Newell .

In 1970, he and his family moved to Palm Beach, Florida and he became President of of the award winning Interact Advertising Agency, recipients of numerous Addy awards and many international broadcasting awards.

Later in life he worked for Palm Beach Life Magazine, Skyline Magazine, and published several short stories. In 1990 he and his wife moved to Inverness, and he became a freelance features writer for the Citrus Chronicle. He spearheaded the Inverness downtown redevelopment, conceptually designing the new downtown, and volunteering his own time and labor while organizing a volunteer force of local laborers and craftsmen. June 11, 1993 was proclaimed David Pattillo Day by then Mayor Humprhies.

In retirement he researched and wrote Tocobaga – The Lost Civilization, a chronicle of Spanish colonial history of “La Florida” recognized by the Spanish consulate and in the library of Congresswoman Ginny Brown Waite.
By his friends and family, he was known for his great sense of humor, flair for creativity, and his humanitarian concerns.

He is survived by his wife of 59 years Peggy, his children David Pattillo and his wife Dina of New York City, Suzanne Barcza of Inverness, and Melissa Chaple and her husband Paul, of Lake Worth, Florida. He is also survived by his grandchildren Graeme Chaple, Alexandria Sanchez, Owen Pattillo, and Grace Barcza as well as great grandchildren Linus, Milo and Chloe Chaple.

In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations made to The Coalition for the Homeless or The Humanitarians.