Patricia Ann Cullen, 66 of Richmond, passed away April 27, 2011 at Carrington Place Nursing Home, in Chesapeake.

She attended Lee Davis High School and was a 1963 graduate of James Monroe High School. She graduated with honors from the College of William and Mary in 1967, where she played basketball and field hockey, and was a member of Phi Mu social sorority. She was a P.E. teacher at Walsingham Academy, Culpeper County, Maggie Walker, and Highland Springs High Schools, were she was a basketball, field hockey and tennis coach.

She is survived by her sister, Peggy Walker and husband, Jim of Chesapeake and brother, Jack Cullen and wife, Vivian of Charlottesville; Five nieces and nephews, Michael Cullen and wife, Ashley, Meagan Cullen, Kim Lassiter and husband, Bill, Lt. Col. Kevin Walker and wife, Michelle, and Kelly Johnson and husband, Jeremiah; six great nieces and nephews; godson, Daniel Pierson and wife Ann; three special friends, Christopher, Jessica, and Emily Pierson, and numerous other friends; and her beloved kitty cat, Dexter.

She was preceded in death by her parents Joseph and Virginia Cullen and sister, Ginnysue Cullen.

A service will be held at Mullins and Thompson Funeral Service, Fredericksburg Chapel on Saturday, April 30, 2011 at 1:00 PM, with the family receiving friends an hour prior to the service. Interment will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery.

Memorials may be made in her name to the ASPCA, PO Box 96929, Washington, DC, 20090-6929.

Online condolences may be made at mullinsthompsonfredericksburg.com