John Francis Patterson of Campbellsville was born on December 24, 1949, in Flemingsburg, KY, to the late Clarence Clement Patterson and Virginia Lee Gardiner Patterson, and departed this life on Monday, July 28, 2025, at the Taylor Regional Hospital. He was 75 years of age.
He was a veteran, having served in the United States Army from 1969 to 1971 and was stationed in Panama. John was a graduate of Fleming County High School and received an accounting degree from Morehead State University. After college, he began his career at Taylor County RECC, where he worked as an Office Manager until his retirement. He attended Our Lady of Fatima in Phillipsburg until his health declined. He enjoyed golf, fishing, farming, hunting, and camping.
He is survived by his wife, Carolyn Ann Patterson; his daughters, Kim Daulton and her husband Travis of Somerset, Jennifer Beth Trimble and her husband Marty of Richmond, KY, and one son, Tim King and his wife, Kenni; Two stepchildren, Cindy Armes and her husband, Todd of Hardinsburg, KY, and Kevin Munday of Campbellsville. Eight grandchildren, Austin Daulton (Adrienne Dailey), Evan Daulton (Vanna), Benjamin Trimble, William Trimble, Jordan Armes, Ava Armes, Avery Munday, and Brooklynn Loveless; one brother, Joseph Patterson of Decatur, Alabama, and many nieces and nephews.
Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother, Clem Patterson.
There will be a Funeral Mass for John Francis Patterson on Friday, August 1, 2025, at 1:00 P.M. at the Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church, 8680 Calvary Road, Campbellsville, KY, with burial to follow in the Campbellsville Memorial Gardens.
Rev. Fr. Sheejan George will officiate.
The family has requested visitation on Friday, August 1, 2025, from 10:00 A.M. until 12:30 P.M. at the L.R. Petty Funeral Home in Campbellsville.