Frances Packett Wright

WRIGHT, Frances Packett, age 90, of Kinsale, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, October 16, 2008. Frances was born on September 11, 1918 to Arthur B. and Eva Broaddus Packett. She was the loving widow of W. Gregory Wright Jr., having been married to him for almost 59 years. She retired after teaching for 37 years in Richmond and Westmoreland County Schools. She was an active member of Ebenezer United Methodist Church, the United Methodist Women, Warsaw High School Alumni Association, and of the Westmoreland County Retired Teachers Association. She was also a charter member of Warsaw Baptist Church. She is survived by her sons, W. Gregory Wright III and wife, Pat, of Kinsale and Arthur M. Wright of Lyells; sisters, Virginia Mae Barnes of Heathsville and Barbara Walker of Sharps; brothers, John L. Packett of Richmond and Larry F. Packett of Arlington; grandchildren, W. Gregory Wright IV, Jennifer B. Hoyt, Arthur M. Wright Jr. and James Robert Wright. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, October 18, 2008 at Ebenezer United Methodist Church, with interment following in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 on Friday evening at the Welch Funeral Home, Marks Chapel. Memorial contributions may be made to the Ebenezer UMC Building Project, P.O. Box 70, Oldhams, Va. 22529, or the Cople District Volunteer Fire Department, P.O. Box 51, Kinsale, Va. 22488.
This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.