BETTIE LORRAINE WRIGHT FLORES, 77, passed away
peacefully at her home in Balch Springs, TX on
April 30, 2023, with burial in New Hope Memorial
Gardens.
She was born on Feb. 7, 1946 to Walter & Inez Wright
in Mobile, AL and was loved by all who knew her. At
a young age, Bettie’s family moved to Port Arthur,
TX where she graduated from Stephen F. Austin High
School. After graduating, she moved to New Orleans
with her grandmother. She later made her way back
to Texas and resided in several locations throughout
the years including Calvert, Dallas, Houston, Hearne,
Grand Prairie, and finally Balch Springs.
Bettie was known as a hard worker and was proud of
her first big job working for NASA in Houston. Later
she worked 30 plus years at Lucent Technologies in
Mesquite where she made many life-long friends. After
retiring from Lucent, she began volunteering then
working for Discovery Garden at Fair Park in Dallas.
Bettie enjoyed working outside whether it was gardening
or mowing. She also got a lot of joy from cooking and
baking, especially if it was for others. Friends, family,
and neighbors were often gifted with cakes or pies for
no reason other than Bettie’s generous and giving nature.
Her children remember the lessons in manners like saying
“yes ma’am”, “no ma’am”, and “thank you”. She was strict
when it can to teaching her children how to behave. Not
a day went by that her children didn’t know that she loved
them; everyone was her favorite. If you were her friend,
you became family. She loved going out to eat with friends.
Bettie always saw the good in everyone. Her fiery, friendly,
passionate and sassy personality drew people to her; she
never met a stranger.
Bettie’s love for her family can be described as the story
of who she was and a collection of all the things she loved.
She meant so much to so many who hold her closely in their
hearts and will miss her dearly.
Bettie is preceded in death by her parents, Walter & Inez
Wright; sister, Patricia Ann Taylor; brother, Jack Wright;
and brother-in-law, Roy Buckley.
She is survived by her children, Manuel Ray Flores & wife
Tesha, Tina Madrigal & husband Steve, Yolanda Greene and
husband Brad, Thomas Flores and wife Crystal, Stephanie
Flores, Sonia Flores, Sylvia Martinez, & Rosemary Navarro
and husband Alejandro; sister, Fonda Sue Buckley; brother,
Mark Wright and wife Rosie; and brother-in-law, Roy “Spud”
Taylor.