Always amazing, Pat enjoyed many careers including Interior Design, Real Estate, Auto Sales, Painter, Gardener, Thoroughbred Racehorse Owner and Boutique Owner.
Pat’s vibrancy and energy continue to be a beacon to her family. She is survived by Tom Cornelius of Hot Springs whom she married on January 23, 1965. To him she was “Pattie” and always “pretty as a picture.” They had more than 53 years of love, family, and adventure. Together they enjoyed traveling and hiking with their Ouachita Mountain Hiker friends.
However, their biggest adventure was their family which includes her daughters Shann Cornelius (Joe) Lawson of Knoxville, Tennessee, and Leslee Cornelius (Andy) Ray of Collierville, Tennessee; her grandchildren Tommy (Cody) Ray, Michael (Kendra) Kennedy, Drew (Ashley) Ray, Samantha Kennedy, and Jacob Kennedy; great-grandchild Layne Ray; her sisters Carol Thompson of Somerville, South Carolina, Kay (Jim) Winchester of Rossville, Tennesse, and Carla (Tim) Armour of Charlotte, North Carolina; and her brother Bill (Belynda) Looney of Lexington, Tennessee.
She loved reading, painting, and shopping excursions, but her heart was fullest when she had the lake house full of grandchildren. Being “Grandee” was the sweetest adventure of all.
A Visitation and Memorial Service will be held at Collierville Funeral Home in Collierville Tennessee on Saturday, July 14, 2018.
The family will receive visitors beginning at noon and the memorial service will begin at 2pm.
In lieu of flowers the family request that memorials be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
The online obituary, guestbook and memorial tribute are available at www.GrossFuneralHome.com.
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