HOWARD – Frances Wright Bartley, 80, passed away peacefully on March 16, 2022, in Dorton, Kentucky, at the home of her sister and best friend, Retha Wright Montgomery, who provided unselfish and loving care for her for the last year of her life.
Frances was preceded in death by her husband of 40 years, Clinard Bartley; her son Bruce Bartley; her parents, Bertha (Osborne) and Hiram Wright; as well as brothers Jackie Wright, Billy Wright, Gary Wright and sisters Phyllis Smallwood and Ruth Smith; and her companion of 20 years, Emerson Payne of Mount Vernon, Ohio.
She is survived by her daughter, Belinda Bartley Jackson of Charleston, West Virginia; granddaughters Jessy Neal of Boston, Massachusetts, Chrissy Jackson and Savannah Jackson of Charleston, West Virginia, and great granddaughter Zoe Neal; sisters Retha Montgomery, Ruby Bartley and Norma Baker; brother Carson Wright (all of Pike County, Kentucky); and numerous nieces, nephews and their children and grandchildren.
Frances loved her family fiercely and made it a point to create special relationships with each of her grandchildren and her great granddaughter. She took special pride in her home in Apple Valley, where she lived until she became too ill to live alone.
Per her wishes, Frances will have no formal funeral service. However, friends and family wishing to pay their respects are invited to calling hours at Hall and Jones Funeral Home in Virgie, Kentucky, on March 27, between the hours of 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Online condolences may be expressed at www.hallandjones.com.
