Obituary

Services for Clarence W. Wright, 86, will be at 2 p.m. Monday at First Baptist Church with Dr. Travis Hart, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow at Parklawn Memorial Gardens by Kornerstone Funeral Directors. Mr. Wright died Friday, July 28, 2006, at his residence. He was born Sept. 17, 1919, in McCoy to Willis Eugene and Sally Thetford Wright. He graduated from Olton High School in 1939, served the Army Air Force in World War II from 1941-45 and later farmed in Olton. He married Colette Jones on March 9, 1951, in Plainview. He worked at Plainview Wheat Growers for several years and was general manager of United Farm Industries for 30 years. He also worked for Producers Grain Corp. and Kress Farmers Elevator. He was past president of Texas Wheat Growers Association, Plainview Stock Show, Texas Soybean Association and commissioner of Babe Ruth Baseball League. He was a member of American Business Club, Promenaders Square Dance Club and First Baptist Church where he was a deacon, Sunday school teacher and greeter. He was awarded the 4-H Silver Spur Award and Texas Cooperator in 1971. Survivors include his wife; children Caren Miller and her husband Barry, Colby Wright and his wife Lisa and Caryl Owens, all of Plainview; a brother, Maurice Wright of Fort Worth; two sisters, Eunice Patterson and JoAnne Reed, both of Garland; a half-sister and brother, Nora Terry of Corpus Christi and Bob Wright of Houston; grandchildren Jeff, Holly and Jennifer Miller, Will and Colti Wright, and Adam and Rebecca Owens, all of Plainview. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Assoc., 2514 82nd St, Ste B Lubbock, TX 79423; the American Diabetes Assoc., P.O. Box 1131 Fairfax, VA 22038-1131; or Boy Scout Troop 250 c/o Charles Bechtold, 804 Borger St., Plainview, TX 79072. Visitation will be from 2-4 p.m. today at Kornerstone Funeral Directors. Online condolences may be made at www.kornerstonefunerals.com