Mary Clementine Baldwin Wright

I hesitate to write anything about Meme's passing here in a "blog" post, and yet as I post about this summer, about this family this summer, I can't ignore what permeates.

So with a wet face I offer a few pictures. We miss you like crazy, Meme.


Mary Baldwin Wright, January 16, 1922 ~ July 26, 2010


The Obituary Read:

Mary Baldwin Wright died peacefully at home in Hot Springs on Monday, July 26, 2010.

Mary was born in Fort Smith, Arkansas on January 16, 1922 to William Alexander Baldwin and Ethel Clement Baldwin of Plainview, AR. She grew up in Russellville and graduated from Russellville High School in 1939. She attended Gulf Park College and the University of Arkansas. She was a member of Chi Omega Sorority. She was an associate member of Hot Springs Junior Auxiliary, the Symphony Guild, Lake Valley Community Church, and Hot Springs Women of Prayer. She was married to Dr. Jack Wright.

Mary hosted many Bible studies in her home and later at The Trinity Mini-Mall (formerly The Wright Medical Clinic). The Mini-Mall was also home to the Green Herb Tea Room, which Mary opened with friends, Nancy Smith and Winnie Goodrum.

She is survived by three sons and daughters-in-law: Dr. William Jackson Wright and wife Sarah, the Honorable Judge John Homer Wright and wife Karen, and Jack Baldwin Wright and wife Twila; seven grandchildren: Dr. Cody Wright and wife Keri, Matthew Wright and wife Ruthie, Joshua Wright and wife Emily, David Wright and wife Lynn, Susannah Wright, Mary Elizabeth Wright, and Jack Paris Wright; and eight great-grandchildren.

The family extends special thanks to Mary’s caregivers: Betty Davis, Annie Harrington, Pauline Young, and Bobbi Ingram, as well as Stacey Davis and the other nurses from Arkansas Hospice. We also thank the faithful friends who regularly visited, celebrated, and cared for Mary (Meme) throughout her life and especially in her final days with us.

On the day Meme died, the Lord made sure Keri and I came upon this in her earthly home: