Daughter of Benjamin Franklin Patton and Claire Zweifel Patton, shares marker with husband Rev. Onnie Carless Wright
Wilhelmina Patton Wright, daughter of B. F. and Claire Zwiefel Patton and wife of Rev. O. C. Wright, was born in South Pittsburg, Marion County, Tennessee, November 7, 1886. There she grew to young womanhood, attended the local schools until she graduated from high school. At an early age she united with The Methodist Church. being the first of her family to do so. Up to the time of her marriage she was a very active worker in her home church.
On September 2, 1915, she was married to Rev. O. C. Wright of the Holston Conference. For nearly forty years she was his helpmeet in the very highest sense of that word, sharing fully in all his work and by her industry and thrift making it possible for her family to live well and comfortably in spite of the frequent changes of residence which is the lot of most Methodist preachers. She accepted cheerfully to these conditions and was never known to utter one word of complaint.
Her outstanding qualities were those related to thrift and industry. She never allowed herself to be idle at any time. Her skill in management enables her to make the rather meager salary of her husband meet all the needs of the family, educate the children, and provide a home for herself and her husband when the day of retirement should come. Four of the five children graduated from college.
She delighted in simple things and had a profound contempt for all sham and pretension. Her tastes were simple but exacting. She had small patience with the passing fads in music, literature, dress, or current customs. Her mind was of a practical turn and she readily gauged which was sensible and useful and turned it to account when she could do so advantageously. She was a skilled needlewoman and was usually busy with some form of it. She took pleasure in the out of door activities, engaged in gardening and other outdoor work which she preferred to the routine of household tasks. She had the gift of the "green thumb" and the love of flowers and plants that goes with it.
Her attachments were deep and strong finding expression in practical services rather than in poetic fervor and emotional demonstrations. Her religious life was quiet, steady, and serene. It had depth. On the outside she was perhaps, a little too intense, never learned how to relax fully. While cheerful and optimistic she was somewhat lacking in a sense of humor. She could laugh heartily, hut she never learned to laugh at herself. She would not indulge in teasing and never suffered herself to be teased.
She suffered much in her later years and the last year of her life was one of frequent hospitalization. In the weeks immediately prior to her death, her suffering was intense and unremitting, yet she continued to see visitors and friends almost to the last. Her death occurred at her home near Johnson City. Tennessee, on the morning of May 26, 1955. Her funeral was held from Fairview Church of which her husband was pastor and was in charge of Dr. Frank Settle of First Church, Johnson City, assisted by Rev. Clint Spurlin of Madisonville. Tennessee, and Dr. Mark M. Moore of First Church. Elizabethton, Tennessee. Interment was in the Fairview Cemetery.
Holston Conference Journal - 1955 - Pages: 219 - 220
Daughter of Benjamin Franklin Patton and Claire Zweifel Patton, shares marker with husband Rev. Onnie Carless Wright
Wilhelmina Patton Wright, daughter of B. F. and Claire Zwiefel Patton and wife of Rev. O. C. Wright, was born in South Pittsburg, Marion County, Tennessee, November 7, 1886. There she grew to young womanhood, attended the local schools until she graduated from high school. At an early age she united with The Methodist Church. being the first of her family to do so. Up to the time of her marriage she was a very active worker in her home church.
On September 2, 1915, she was married to Rev. O. C. Wright of the Holston Conference. For nearly forty years she was his helpmeet in the very highest sense of that word, sharing fully in all his work and by her industry and thrift making it possible for her family to live well and comfortably in spite of the frequent changes of residence which is the lot of most Methodist preachers. She accepted cheerfully to these conditions and was never known to utter one word of complaint.
Her outstanding qualities were those related to thrift and industry. She never allowed herself to be idle at any time. Her skill in management enables her to make the rather meager salary of her husband meet all the needs of the family, educate the children, and provide a home for herself and her husband when the day of retirement should come. Four of the five children graduated from college.
She delighted in simple things and had a profound contempt for all sham and pretension. Her tastes were simple but exacting. She had small patience with the passing fads in music, literature, dress, or current customs. Her mind was of a practical turn and she readily gauged which was sensible and useful and turned it to account when she could do so advantageously. She was a skilled needlewoman and was usually busy with some form of it. She took pleasure in the out of door activities, engaged in gardening and other outdoor work which she preferred to the routine of household tasks. She had the gift of the "green thumb" and the love of flowers and plants that goes with it.
Her attachments were deep and strong finding expression in practical services rather than in poetic fervor and emotional demonstrations. Her religious life was quiet, steady, and serene. It had depth. On the outside she was perhaps, a little too intense, never learned how to relax fully. While cheerful and optimistic she was somewhat lacking in a sense of humor. She could laugh heartily, hut she never learned to laugh at herself. She would not indulge in teasing and never suffered herself to be teased.
She suffered much in her later years and the last year of her life was one of frequent hospitalization. In the weeks immediately prior to her death, her suffering was intense and unremitting, yet she continued to see visitors and friends almost to the last. Her death occurred at her home near Johnson City. Tennessee, on the morning of May 26, 1955. Her funeral was held from Fairview Church of which her husband was pastor and was in charge of Dr. Frank Settle of First Church, Johnson City, assisted by Rev. Clint Spurlin of Madisonville. Tennessee, and Dr. Mark M. Moore of First Church. Elizabethton, Tennessee. Interment was in the Fairview Cemetery.
Holston Conference Journal - 1955 - Pages: 219 - 220
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