John Gilbert Kessinger
John Gilbert Kessinger of Campbellsville, the son of the late Frank Kenneth Kessinger and Barbara Jean (Jones) Abell, was born November 24, 1957, in Louisville, KY, and departed this life on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Louisville at the Norton Brownsboro Hospital. He was 67 years of age.
He was a retired construction worker and was of the Baptist Faith.
He enjoyed fishing, walking, bike riding, and spending time with family.
Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers: Kenny and Gene Thomas Kessinger, and a grandchild: Zena Parrish.
Survivors include his wife, Mary (Whelan) Kessinger; three children: Mary Lobb of Campbellsville, John Whelan and Joseph Kessinger, both of Columbia; six grandchildren: Malea Lobb, Trinity Lobb, Joseph Kessinger, Jr., Damon Kessinger, and Kaden Kessinger; eight great-grandchildren.
Also his brothers and sisters: Marion Knifley, Darrell Kessinger and wife Pat, Jason Kessinger, Tony Kessinger, Barbara Elliott, Viola Chaney, Porter Kessinger and wife Toni, Hope Tamez and husband Mike, Laura Oller and Charles Kessinger, and a host of other relatives and friends.
The funeral service for John Gilbert Kessinger will be Saturday, May 17, 2025, at 1:00 P.M. in the chapel of the L.R. Petty Funeral Home with burial to follow in the Brookside Cemetery.
Clergy Officiating: Bro. Darrell Kessinger
Family requests visitation after 11:00 A.M. Saturday until time for the service.
Serving as pallbearers: Damon Kessinger, Joseph Kessinger, Jr, Jason Kessinger, Isaac Alvardo, James Wilson, and Tim Sluder.
