Virginia Ann Weddle

Virginia Ann Weddle was a lifelong resident of Madison County, Kentucky, remembered by her family as a devoted wife, mother and former first grade teacher. Born on January 6, 1939, she grew up in Madison County and was educated at Madison Central High School before earning a degree from Eastern Kentucky University. She went on to teach first grade at Mayfield Elementary School, a role that placed her at the start of many children's educational lives in the Richmond area.

Virginia was married to Russell Weddle for nearly 65 years, a partnership that spanned the whole of her adult life. After she and Russell started their family, she stepped away from the classroom and devoted herself to being a homemaker, raising the couple's daughter, Rhonda, and later caring for her own aging parents. Those who knew her described a woman whose days were organized around faith and family, including a daily habit of sending her daughter encouraging, faith based messages, often paired with a lighthearted photo.

Faith was a constant thread through Virginia's life. She belonged to Big Hill Avenue Christian Church and Red House Baptist Church earlier in her life, and for the last twenty years of her life she was a member of First Baptist Church in Richmond. Outside of church and family, she had an unusual enthusiasm for television production, and she looked forward to attending tapings of network television shows whenever she had the chance, a hobby that brought her joy even as her life was otherwise centered on home and community in Madison County.

Virginia Ann Weddle died on November 12, 2026, at the age of 87, in Richmond, Kentucky. Her death was announced through an obituary published by the Combs, Parsons and Collins Funeral Home of Richmond, which is handling her arrangements. No cause of death has been made public. The notice described her as surrounded by an extended family of caring friends who loved her, and it asked that memorial contributions be directed to First Baptist Church Richmond or to the Compassionate Care Center of Richmond rather than flowers.

Virginia was not a nationally known public figure, and the available record of her life comes from her family's published obituary rather than news coverage or a biographical archive. She is remembered locally in Madison County as a teacher, a devoted wife of nearly 65 years, a mother, and a woman of quiet, consistent faith.