Audrey L. Wright Obituary (1924 - 2014)

Audrey Lavern Wright, Born June 8th 1924 to the late Harry & Mabel Lord in Pittsburgh, PA. passed away on Wednesday, June 11, 2014 at University Medical Center. She graduated nursing school in May of 1946. During this time, there was a great need for nurses for the war effort and the military had a program for nursing students to participate in essential civil and or other federal government services for the duration of the war. Mrs. Wright participated in this program and graduated nursing school in the Cadet Nurse Corps. But before she graduated, Mrs. Wright met and married the love of her life, a young soldier Charles Wright in January of that same year. In October of 1947 they had a son, David, and 11 years latter a daughter, Valerie who is married to Glenn Edwards. Charles passed away in December of 1995 just 35 days short of the couple's 50th wedding anniversary. Her medical career was varied and saw great changes. She went from treating young kids with polio in iron lungs to opening and managing the first coronary units at Bedford County Medical Center in Shelbyville, TN. Also during her nursing career, she worked in the Emergency Room, in Labor & Delivery, in the Pediatric Department, and finally retired from the Veterans Health Administration Hospital in Murfreesboro, TN as Head Nurse of the psychiatric ward. In addition her nursing career, Audrey and Charles were owner/ operators of two craft stores: Pandora's Box in Florida and The Imagination Station in Lebanon. She was called Grandma Wright to 5 precious children - Michelle, Brian, Justin, Matthew and Aaron. She also had, what she thought she would never see in her life time, two great grandchildren, Sebastian and Olivia. She loved the Lord and enjoyed serving him. She and her husband were founding members of their Church in Florida. She often reminisced of the early days of that church and teaching Sunday school to the pre-schoolers in the broom closet. She was looking forward to teaching again. For the last several months as her health declined, she would say, maybe next Sunday I will feel better and can go to Church.Funeral Services will be on Saturday, June14, 2014 at 2 p.m. in the Partlow Funeral Chapel. Visitation will be held on Friday, June 13, 2014 at the Partlow Funeral Chapel from 4 p.m. - 8 p.m. and again on Saturday from 12 noon until the service. Pastor Jon Akin will officiate and interment will follow in the Wilson County Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers, Aaron Grayum, Justin Wright, Matthew Edwards, Aaron Edwards, Brian Wright, Marc Humes & Sam Trott. PARTLOW FUNERAL CHAPEL is in charge of arrangements. 615-444-7007 OBIT LINE 615-444-7700 partlowchapel.com