Services for Zena Waters Wright, 90, of Tyler are scheduled for June 27, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. in the chapel of Lloyd James Funeral Home with Mike Warner officiating. Burial will be at Cathedral in the Pines.
Zena passed away on June 22, 2020 in Lubbock, Texas. She was born on November 5, 1929 in Carroll, Texas to the late George M. Waters and Georgia Anna Hobbs Waters.
Zena attended Van High School, and in 1946, she married the late J. T. Wright. They made their home in Hawkins, Texas in 1948. The same year, along with G.C. "Doc" Wright and Nell Wright they founded Big Sandy Sand Company. Zena was a member of the Church of Christ and was involved in many local activities and Hawkins ISD. She was a loving mother and housewife and loved cooking and gardening.
In her later years, Zena loved to travel and spend time with her good friends and church families. She also loved spending time with all of her grandchildren and great grandchildren. She loved the Lord and loved spending time in the Word.
In addition to her parents, Zena was preceded in death by her son Dennis Wright and two brothers, George Waters and Robert L. Waters. She is survived by two sons and daughter-in-laws Scott and Shana Wright of Hawkins and Mark and Stacy Wright of Longview.
She is also survived by her grandchildren John T. and Amy Wright, LaShawn Carpenter, Hollee Goode, Chris Wright, Lee Ann and Brent Bailey, Heather and Shane Terrell, Erin Wright and Brandon Baker, Josh Wright, Lauren and Caley Zahn, Lexy Wright and twelve great-grandchildren.
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