Mrs. Patricia Ann Arnold Wishart, loving wife of Mr. John E. Wishart, Jr., departed this life on December 31, 2012 after a ten year battle with Alzheimer??s disease. She was born in Hawthorne, Nevada on December 27, 1945 to the late Rosby B. Arnold and Kathleen Arnold.

Pat is survived by her mother, Kathleen Arnold, who resides in a rest home in Durham, NC; her husband, John E. Wishart, Jr., of the home; a son, John Brent Wishart, and partner, Jeff Oberhaus; a daughter, Katherine Sloane Provenza and husband, Salvatore Provenza; and one granddaughter, Sydney Rose Provenza.

Pat graduated high school in Portsmouth, Virginia in 1963 and graduated East Carolina University, where she served as a member of Tri-Sigma Sorority, in May of 1968 with a degree in Business Administration. She began her career as a teller with Southern National Bank in Lumberton. Pat accepted a teaching position with the Robeson County Schools at Fairmont Middle School, Carroll Middle School, and Lumberton Jr. High covering a career of twenty-one years and thousands of students. She was a member of many different clubs but dearly loved the Southeastern Shag Club, she and John loved ??beach music?.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, January 5, 2013 at 2:00 PM at First Baptist Church in Lumberton.

A time of visitation will take place following the service in the church fellowship hall.

As the search for a cure for Alzheimer??s disease continues, in lieu of flowers, you may contribute to the Alzheimer??s Association, PO Box 96011, Washington, DC 20090-6011, or you can donate to First Baptist Church, c/o Memorial Fund for Patricia Wishart, 602 North Walnut Street, Lumberton, NC 28358. We greatly appreciate all of the care and support from our many friends and family through the last several years as we battled this disease.