Parsons, Kay Dianne Wright, Born January 28, 1935, died May 17, 2019, survived by her son, James, daughter-in-law Kathy, and grandchildren Charley, Kate and Mary. She will be laid to rest next to her husband of 54 years, Earl Parsons, and her parents Truman and James Ralph Wright, at Hillcrest Memorial Park.
Kay was a Dallas native and a lifetime Baptist. She graduated from Highland Park High School, earned a BBA from the University of Texas at Austin and a MA in English Literature from Southern Methodist University. She was a lifetime member of the alumni associations of the University of Texas and Highland Park High School, and of MENSA, Ltd.
Kay taught English literature at El Centro College and Dallas Baptist University, specializing in American and Romantic Poetry, and loved to tell stories of the students she mentored.
She was an original board member of the Geometricmadi Art Museum, serving for 8 years. She was a long time member of the Dallas Summer Musicals, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Dallas Opera, Kimbell Art Museum, Ft. Worth Museum of Modern Art, the Amon Carter Museum and the Meadows Symphony Orchestra of Southern Methodist University.
She contributed to the children at St. Joseph’s Indian School, Chamberlain, SD, with joy throughout her life and to the Billy Graham Association.