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No telling how many people knew Mrs. Wright
For over 20 years she was mama to untold youths from Clarke, Washington, Choctaw and Marengo Counties at Camp Morvin. I am sure that for several of these campers the first time away from home was pretty tough and she was a comforting presence to have there. I would bet a week's pay that she was able to mediate too many squabbles at the camp and was also able to keep many a kid there the full week. She probably was a decisive factor in many returning for another year. That was for three straight weeks each summer and I bet she never once uttered one complaint about having to herd and watch over so many unruly kids. When she and her husband Jack, finally retired from the Baptist Association I wonder how much she missed those summers and the chance to have an affect on someone's life. I personally feel that may have been one of the saddest days in the area. I think I first met her back in 1976 when we moved to Grove Hill. And in the years since then I never heard Mrs. Wright say one negative thing about anyone. I can promise you that was hard to do several times, but it just never was in her nature to be that way. When we were younger, much younger, her yard served as a baseball field, football field and hockey rink and I have to believe that she enjoyed seeing all of those kids in her yard, having a good time and staying out of trouble. I know I spent the better part of my younger days in that yard and at that house, probably too much time looking back. But she never would have said anything if that were the case. If you are lucky in your life you get to meet and be around people like Shirley Wright. In the last several years I have not had the chance to see and visit with her like I should have, especially when she first got sick. But each and every time I saw her she still had that great smile... The kind that immediately brightens a room... You would never know about any pain, based on her outward appearance. Most of us will look for something or someone to blame if something similar happened to us, but not her. It was a tough task last week to go by the Wright house when I heard the news. I had no idea what to say... Then again who really does. It always seems like the same thing each time. But after seeing my old friend Russell and Mr. Wright I think I understood a little bit better. It is hard to let someone go, but when you know that they are in a truly better place, then the pain eases. Mrs. Wright knew, she told her children that when she was in the hospital... And that peace and the same kind of approach she had every day of her life. I know I speak for every person who ever walked in the front gate at Camp Morvin as well as the group that spent their summers playing ball in her yard when I say we will miss Shirley Wright and the light she brought to our little part of the world.
That's all folks.......
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