Nina Marie Wright

Nina Marie Wright, age 83, died on Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at the Suwannee Valley Care Center (Haven Hospice). She was born in Madisonville, TN to the late Amos Winfield and Mamie Palmer Martin. She has been a resident of Columbia County for the past 55 years. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother, who was an active member of Bethlehem Baptist Church, a member of the Lake City Moose Lodge #1399, Home Makers Club, Town & Country, local chapter of AARP, Woodmen of The World, and a member of the Red Hat Society. She also volunteered with the Senior Services of Lake City where she loved calling homebound seniors and helping people feel better at Lake City Medical Center. She retired from Metal Products/ITT Thompson Inc. She loved her family and her Bethlehem Baptist Church family dearly. She is preceded in death by her son, Robert Allen Marler "Bobby", grandson, Paul Allen Rue, brother, George Dwight Martin and her husband of 38 years, John Henry Wright. Survivors include her son, Johnny Mack Wright of Lake City, FL; daughters, Betty Jean (JD) Martin of Madisonville, TN and Elizabeth Ann "Tootsie" (Carlos) Wetherington of Lake City, FL; sisters, Mary "Sue" Eaton & Ruby Lee Colbaugh both of Decatur, TN and Peggy Jo Enfinger of Cross City, FL; 7 grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren; 1 great-great grandchild; and special friends, Mary Pafford, Inez Richards and all of her church family also survive. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Sunday April 17, 2011 in the Bowers Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jamey Davis officiating. Interment will be in Mountain View Memorial Gardens, Decatur, TN. The family will receive friends on Sunday from 1 p.m. till time of services at the Chapel.