Patricia Jean (Grierson) Clark, age 51 of Lancaster, Kentucky, formerly of Aberdeen, Ohio, died Friday, September 16, 2011 at Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center, Danville, Kentucky after a long and courageous battle with cancer. She was born December 25, 1959 in Georgetown, Ohio the daughter of Deloris Lightner Paul and Albert Gwynne Grierson.

Patricia attended Aberdeen Elementary School and Southern Hills Joint Vocational School. She graduated from Ripley Union Lewis High School in 1978. On July 4, 1996, Patricia was united in marriage to Carl Jeffery Clark in Vanceburg, Kentucky. They spent fifteen years of devoting and sharing their lives together.

Patricia was a gifted and talented graphic artist and derived much pleasure and satisfaction in utilizing her artistic talent in designing signs at the Instant Sign Company in Lexington, Kentucky, until her illness caused her to terminate her affiliation with the company.

Patricia had a compassion for wearing hats. She very much enjoyed wearing hats and it was a rare occasion to see her without one. Her closet had a full array of hats of every color and description.

Patricia accepted Christ into her life at a young age and practiced her Christian faith. She was a member of Bryantsville United Methodist Church in Bryantsville, Kentucky and attended faithfully as long as her health permitted.

She was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents, Henry Allen and Pearl Vaughn Lightner; her paternal grandparents, Alfred Gwynne and Carrie Flaugher Grierson; her stepfather, Forrest (Pudge) Paul; three uncles - John Edward, George and Lewis Lightner; two aunts - Betty Lightner Day and Barbara Lightner Waits.

Patricia leaves to mourn her loving husband Jeff Clark; her mother, Deloris Lightner Paul of Aberdeen, Ohio; her father and stepmother, Albert and June Grierson of Tollesboro, Kentucky; father and mother-in-law Carl and Carol Clark of Vanceburg, Kentucky; one brother, John (Kristi) Lightner of Aberdeen, Ohio; three sisters - Tammi Grierson of Ripley, Ohio, Tina Darlington of Aberdeen, Ohio and Penny (Michael) McCleary of Hawaii; one half sister, Marsha (Brian) Arnett of Orlando, Florida; three stepbrothers - Jim Paul of Arizona, Bryan (Marsha) Grierson of Tollesboro, Kentucky and Dane (Patricia) Grierson of Aberdeen, Ohio; brother-in-law, Terry (Linda) Clark of Paris, Kentucky; two uncles - Rudy (Nettie) Lightner of Ripley, Ohio and Ted Waits of Mt. Orab, Ohio; three aunts - Eva Lightner (Larry) Lanter of Mt. Orab, Ohio, Wanda Lightner (Jim) Perraut of Aberdeen, Ohio and Cheryl Grierson (Jerry) Lee of New Richmond, Ohio; three nieces, three nephews and numerous friends and other relatives. She also leaves behind her beloved dog Toto.

Funeral services will be held at 11:30 A.M. Wednesday, September 21, 2001 at Cahall funeral Home in Ripley, Ohio. Rev. Faron Owens of Bryantsville United Methodist Church will officiate. Visitation will be from 10:30 to 11:30 A.M. on Wednesday at the funeral home. Interment will be in Maplewood Cemetery in Ripley, Ohio.