O B I T U A R Y

William C. "Bill" Patterson of Greensburg, Kentucky, son of the late William Floyd Patterson and Lillian Geneva Woodward Patterson, was born on Wednesday, July 15, 1942 and departed this life on Saturday, February 14, 2026 at the Norton Audubon Hospital in Louisville. He was 83 years and 7 months of age.

He had made a profession of faith in Christ, was a member of the Greensburg Presbyterian Church where he was an elder and grounds keeper. He was a retired Business and Accounting teacher for the Green County Vocational School with 32 years of service. He loved Greensburg and Green County and gave back to it in so many ways. He was a member of the South-Central Kentucky Rotary Club, past president and board member of the Green County Industrial Foundation, former Greensburg City Council member, member of the Housing Authority of Greensburg, former Jane Todd Crawford Hospital board member and was a Kentucky Colonel. Bill was also a Green County High School basketball announcer for 54 years, a referee, former football spotter and announcer, and former band booster.

He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Brenda Louise Duvall Patterson of Greensburg, having united in marriage on August 13, 1966.

Other survivors include a son: Will Patterson of Louisville; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law: Patsy Owens and Family of Bowling Green, Jane and Jesse Gough and Family of Tennessee, Ben and Wanda Duvall and Family of Big Clifty, Ky, Mary Ann and Gerald Hunnicutt and Family of Tennessee, Joyce Duvall and Family of Leitchfield; cousins: Judy and Russell Banks and Family of Elizabethtown, Margaret Laughlin and Family of Mississippi, Catherine Pickett and Family of Indiana; and many other relatives and friends.

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The funeral services for William C. "Bill" Patterson will be conducted at 11:00 A.M., Central Time, Thursday, February 19, 2026 at the Cowherd and Parrott Funeral Home with burial to follow in the Greensburg Cemetery. Rev. Matthew Wilson and Rev. Brenson Bishop officiating.

Visitation is requested from 4 P.M. until 8 P.M., Central Time, Wednesday at the Cowherd and Parrott Funeral Home and after 7 A.M., Thursday until time of the funeral service.

The family has asked that expressions of sympathy take the form of donations to the Greensburg Presbyterian Church and can be made at the funeral home.

PALLBEARERS:

Chad Banks, James Vincent, Greg Gough, Scott Duvall, Steven Olt,

Robert Ennis, Austin Nicks, and Mark Duvall

HONORARY PALLBEARERS:

Jessie Gough, Ben Duvall, Bill Kelly, Lesa Bradshaw, Elva Jo Bagby,

Gerald Hunnicutt, Tom Kelly, Steve Curry, Jan Ennis, Patsy Pruitt,

Dewayne VanArsdale, Lisle Cheatham, and Wayne Hines