Billy Patton and his wife Dr. Amy Patton (Pharm D), moved to Collierville over 23 years ago, upon being hired by FedEx to work in their new World Tech Center located in Collierville. He has been actively involved in the community and became a graduate of Leadership Collierville in 2008. Currently, in his fourth term as Alderman, Mr. Patton has served on the Collierville Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, Bancorp South Community Bank Board, Tri-State Armature Board of Directors, and several Town boards including the Collierville Beer Board, Design Review Commission (DRC), Heritage Commission, and the Town Library Board.

He completed an apprenticeship under the U.S. Navy and Ingalls Shipbuilding, afterward obtaining both a Bachelor and Master’s Degree in Computer Science Engineering from The University of Mississippi. In 1998 he was the recipient of the Richard E. Grove Award for Computer Science Excellency.

Hired by FedEx out of Ole Miss, he was assigned to the World Tech Center in Collierville in 1999. He was named as an employee of the Month for Y2K upgrades in 2000. He founded Patton Computers in 2002 and left FedEx in 2007 to dedicate more time to his business. He also serves as Post Master of a contract postal unit (CPU) established in 2008.

The Patton family actively supports Collierville Athletics and many other Collierville organizations. Billy and Amy have been married for 33 years and are parents to Emily and William.