Edith Barker Wright

1919 - 2011

Edith Barker Wright, 92, died Monday, Aug. 1, 2011. Memorial service: 11 a.m. Thursday at Riley Funeral Home in Hamilton. Interment: 9 a.m. Thursday in Indian Gap Cemetery. Memorials: Hamilton Public Library or a charity of choice. Edith was born Jan. 28, 1919, in Indian Gap. She taught in Merkel, Roby, Abilene, Whiteface and San Angelo and later was head librarian at Ector and Permian high schools, the first dean of the Murray H. Fly Learning Resources Center at Odessa College and the traveling school librarian for Region 12. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Hamilton and served on the Hamilton County Appraisal Board. Edith was predeceased by her husband, Glover, on Oct. 23, 1990. Survivors: Son, John Wright; daughter, Karen Wright; grandchildren and their families, David and Page Wright, and Sawyer and Kelton, and Sarena and Jim Terry, and Maggie and Abagale; and sister and brother-in-law, Doris and Coy Dean and their children and families.