Patricia was born in Alliance, Ohio on June 7, 1958 and grew up in Northeastern Ohio. She married her first husband, Gregory Paul Walker on July 29, 1979. They had two children, Richard Gregory Walker (5/14/1981) and Philip Irwin Walker (3/7/1983). She and Greg moved to Forest, Virginia in 1986. In 1989, Greg and Patricia divorced. In 1993 Patricia remarried David Bruce Wood and together they purchased a small family farm in Goode, Virginia. Their daughter, Jessica Wood, was born May 4, 1994. Richard, Philip, and Jessica grew up together on the family farm. In June 2007, Richard married Emired Melean. Their first child, Bianca Paulina Walker was born on September 9, 2009.