Patricia Wethington
Patricia Sue Wethington of Columbia, KY passed away Wednesday, June 4th, 2025 at the Glasgow Hospital. Patricia was born December 23, 1938, the youngest of four children born to Mary Gladys Russell and Charles Lee Fisher. A few years later the family moved to Plattsburg, MO. Patricia was proceeded in death by her parents, husband James Harold, daughter Alice May who passed away as an infant in 1960, grandchildren Chase and McKenna Wethington-Padgett in 2011, three sisters Juanita Gilmore, Corrine Selvy, and Charlene Wayman. Patricia attended many years in grade school and high school there. In 1953 Patricia went to John Brown Military Academy in Siloam Springs, AR. She graduated from Mercy Academy in Marshall, Missouri, in 1956.
In 1959 Patricia married James Harold “Jim Duck” Wethington, son of Alphonus and Ann Wethington from Clementsville, KY. James was a member of the United States Air Force at Forbes AFB in Topeka, KS.
Patricia graduated in 1980 from the Danville School of Nursing as a LPN. She worked many years at the Hospital in Liberty, KY and at Metzmeier Nursing home in Campbellsville, KY.
She was a believer in Jesus Christ and a member of the St. Bernard Catholic Church in Clementsville, KY and Good Shepherd Catholic Church at Columbia, KY.
In 1991 after the death of her husband she moved to Columbia, KY. She then began caring for Tommie Ray Burton in her home. He was a great friend and companion till his death on April 14, 2004.
Patricia is survived by six children, Jimmy (Paula), Mary (Joe), Tom (Christie), John (Shelia), Anna Marie and son Connor, Peggy (Jason) and Daughter in Law Erlinda. She is also survived by 14 grandchildren, many nephews, nieces, great grandchildren, and great-great grandchildren.
In addition, she was a long-time member of Al-Anon Serenity Seekers Groups in Russell Springs, KY and Columbia, KY. She leaves behind many lovely members of her Al-Anon family down through the years. Patricia loved many and was loved by many in return.
A Mass of Christian burial will be Tuesday, June 10, 2025 at 11:00 A.M. (10 A.M. CST) at the St. Bernard Catholic Church in Clementsville with burial to follow in the church cemetery.
Rev. Father Johnson Thekkudan officiating.
The family requests visitation from 5-8 P.M. Monday (4-7 P.M. CST) on Monday at the
L.R. Petty Funeral Home in Campbellsville.
Prayer service will be held at 7:00 P.M. Monday at the funeral home.
