Official Obituary of
Helen Wright
March 9, 1929 ~ August 29, 2012 (age 83) 83 Years Old
Helen Wright Obituary
Helen Ruth Wright, 83, of Indianola passed away Wednesday, August 29, 2012 at Bolivar Medical Center. Visitation will be held from 1-2 p.m. Friday August 31, 2012, at the Inverness Methodist Church with services immediately to follow at 2:00. Interment will be in the Hickory Grove Cemetery in Inverness.
Mrs. Wright was born March 9, 1929, to Frank Lorenzo Weeks and Clarice Murrell Weeks. She had 12 brothers and sisters. She loved gospel music, and spending time gardening, reading, sewing, and crocheting. Mrs. Wright was a Lab Tech and an X-ray Tech for 30 years. Mrs. Wright was also a member of the Inverness Methodist Church.
She is survived by her daughters, Patsy Bruner of Madison, MS, Lynette Wright Grimmett (Mack) of Indianola, MS, and Paulette Wright Kilpatrick (Mike) of Yazoo, MS; Son, Dr. Bennie Wright, Jr. (Millie) of Cleveland; 11 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Wright is preceded in death by her daughter, Demetra Weeks; husband, Bennie Barnett Wright, Sr. and her parents, Frank and Clarice Weeks.
Pallbearers will be Mack Grimmett, Mike Kilpatrick, Justin Kilpatrick, Sammie Bell, Shane Kilpatrick, and T.J. Kilpatrick. Honorary pallbearer will be Derrick Bruner.
Memorials can be made to Alzheimer's Association.
First Visitation
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Friday, August 31, 2012
Inverness Methodist Church 895 5t St Inverness, Mississippi, United States
Service Information
2:00 pm Friday, August 31, 2012
Inverness Methodist Church 895 5t St Inverness, Mississippi, United States
Interment Information
Hickory Grove Cemetery Inverness, Mississippi, United States
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Mrs. Wright was born March 9, 1929, to Frank Lorenzo Weeks and Clarice Murrell Weeks. She had 12 brothers and sisters. She loved gospel music, and spending time gardening, reading, sewing, and crocheting. Mrs. Wright was a Lab Tech and an X-ray Tech for 30 years. Mrs. Wright was also a member of the Inverness Methodist Church.
She is survived by her daughters, Patsy Bruner of Madison, MS, Lynette Wright Grimmett (Mack) of Indianola, MS, and Paulette Wright Kilpatrick (Mike) of Yazoo, MS; Son, Dr. Bennie Wright, Jr. (Millie) of Cleveland; 11 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Wright is preceded in death by her daughter, Demetra Weeks; husband, Bennie Barnett Wright, Sr. and her parents, Frank and Clarice Weeks.
Pallbearers will be Mack Grimmett, Mike Kilpatrick, Justin Kilpatrick, Sammie Bell, Shane Kilpatrick, and T.J. Kilpatrick. Honorary pallbearer will be Derrick Bruner.
Memorials can be made to Alzheimer's Association.
First Visitation
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Friday, August 31, 2012
Inverness Methodist Church 895 5t St Inverness, Mississippi, United States
Service Information
2:00 pm Friday, August 31, 2012
Inverness Methodist Church 895 5t St Inverness, Mississippi, United States
Interment Information
Hickory Grove Cemetery Inverness, Mississippi, United States
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