Patsy Lynn Luttrell, longtime consultant with Woman’s Missionary Union of Texas, died Dec. 12 in Vernon. She was 76. She was born in Vernon on Dec. 29, 1944, to Ed and Maureen Luttrell. After graduating from Vernon High School, she attended Hardin-Simmons University, where she earned an undergraduate degree in 1967. As a student, she served as youth director at First Baptist Church in Vernon and also served Dallas Baptist Association as a recreation director at Mount Lebanon Baptist Encampment. She taught speech from 1967 to 1975 at Grand Prairie High School before returning to Hardin-Simmons University to serve as an admissions counselor. She joined the Texas WMU staff in 1983 as the Baptist Young Women/Baptist Women consultant. She retired from Texas WMU in 1999, but she answered God’s call to come out of retirement and served as an employee of Texas Baptist Men until 2005. She returned to Vernon, where she volunteered with Meals on Wheels and Hospice of Vernon. She was actively involved in the ministries of First Baptist Church of Vernon, where she was a vital part of the Baptist Women, taught a women’s Sunday School class for years, volunteered for the card ministry and served on multiple committees. She is survived by her two nephews, Chan Baker and Clay Baker, multiple cousins and a host of friends. A celebration of life service is scheduled at 2 p.m. on Jan. 15, 2022, at First Baptist Church in Vernon.
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