| | Patton returned to Homer, the seat of Claiborne Parish, to resume his career as a school administrator. In 1950, Governor [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]] in his second elected term appointed Patton as superintendent of the Louisiana School for the Deaf, located in the capital.<ref name="gannon">[http://saveourdeafschools.org/Deaf_Heritage_by_Jack_Gannon_page_29.pdf Gannon, Jack. ''Deaf Heritage–A Narrative History of Deaf America'', Silver Spring, MD: National Association of the Deaf, 1981, pp. 29-30 (PDF])</ref> Patton served there until his death in 1961.<ref name="LAbio"/> | | Patton returned to Homer, the seat of Claiborne Parish, to resume his career as a school administrator. In 1950, Governor [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]] in his second elected term appointed Patton as superintendent of the Louisiana School for the Deaf, located in the capital.<ref name="gannon">[http://saveourdeafschools.org/Deaf_Heritage_by_Jack_Gannon_page_29.pdf Gannon, Jack. ''Deaf Heritage–A Narrative History of Deaf America'', Silver Spring, MD: National Association of the Deaf, 1981, pp. 29-30 (PDF])</ref> Patton served there until his death in 1961.<ref name="LAbio"/> |