Paulene Wright

Haltom City -- Paulene "Grannie" Wright, 98, went to join her beloved husband with our Lord on Saturday, May 11, 2013.

Funeral: 2 p.m. Wednesday at Birdville Baptist Church. Interment: Moore Memorial Gardens in Arlington. Visitation: The family will receive friends 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Lucas Funeral Home, 1321 Precinct Line Road in Hurst.

Paulene was born Oct. 28, 1914, in Neinda to John and Imogene Hudson, She graduated from Neinda High School and attended Drawn's Business College in Abilene.

Paulene grew up in West Texas, leaving there to go to California, where she helped build airplanes during World War II. She later moved to Fort Worth and continued to help build airplanes at Convair. She met and married Morris S. Wright, moved to Haltom City in 1947, and joined the Birdville Baptist Church that same year. She served the church faithfully in many capacities until her health declined in 2008.

Paulene was a very active woman, serving her community as a Tarrant County and Haltom City volunteer, working on the Beautification and Revitalization Committee, the Haltom City Garden Club, the Housing Authority Board of Haltom City and the Haltom City Senior Center. She sewed bags and quilts for the homeless for many years. She enjoyed working in ceramics, painting, and all handicrafts. Most of all, she loved her yard which was immaculately kept, with something blooming in her flower beds all year long. Her home on the corner of Carson Street and Highland Avenue in Haltom City has long been a scenic view with a field of bluebonnets in the spring beside her home. In her professional life, she was a school secretary at South Birdville Elementary and then at Richland Elementary for a total of 25 years of service to the schools.

Paulene was preceded in death by her husband, Morris S. Wight, and 10 brothers and sisters.

Survivors: Sons, Billy Paul Wright and wife, Jennie, of Colleyville and Scott Wright and wife, Lonnie, of Arkansas; four grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.