Barbara C. "Barb" Wright Sargent Obituary (1950

Let Us Pause To Honor the Memory of Mrs. Barbara Carol "Barb" Wright Sargent Mrs. Barbara Carol "Barb" Wright Sargent, age 68, of Milton, Kentucky entered this life on September 9, 1950 in Madison, Indiana. She was the loving daughter of the late Norman and Hilda Maxine Haviland Wright. She resided all of her life in Milton, Kentucky and graduated from Trimble County High School in 1968. She was united in marriage on January 18, 1969 to Donald Lee Sargent at the Milton Baptist Church. This happy union of fifty one years was blessed with a son, Brandon Lee. She worked early in life as a nurse's aide at the Carroll County Hospital in Carrollton, Kentucky. Barb enrolled in the Prosser School of Nursing and received her license as a practical nurse. She then worked for the next 13 years at Clifty Convalescent Center in Madison, Indiana. She decided to return to college and began her studies at Marion College in Indianapolis to become a registered nurse. Barb worked then at King's Daughters' Hospital in surgery and later as Director of Nurses at Hanover Nursing Center, Swiss Villa Living Center in Vevay, and then with the Bedford Nursing Home in Bedford, Kentucky. Barb wasn't done with learning more and thus returned to school to become a legal nurse, consulting and traveling to nursing homes in Kentucky and Southern Indiana. Barb's knowledge in her field of nursing was second to none. She knew the laws, regulations and skills it took to operate a proper nursing home. Her patients and the families she cared for received the best treatment and compassion under her leadership. In 2015, Barb retired from her career in nursing and began doing more things she had not had time to enjoy before, such as refinishing furniture, doing needle point, decorating her home and collecting nutcrackers, angels and nativity scenes. Barb was a devoted wife, loving mom and mammaw. She was a faithful member of the Mt. Tabor Wesleyan Church in Trimble County, Kentucky and had taught Sunday School there. Barb also loved her St. Bernard dogs, especially Gracie Lynn. She was diagnosed in September 2018 with brain cancer and she fought a long and hard battle with the disease. Barb went to her heavenly home on Wednesday, August 7, 2019 at 5:22 p.m. while being cared for at the King's Daughters' Hospital in Madison, Indiana. Click Here for Tribute VideoA LOVING FAMILY Barbara will be missed by her loving husband of 51 years, Donald Lee Sargent of Milton, Kentucky; her beloved son, Brandon Lee Sargent and his wife, Chris of Seymour, Indiana; her adoring granddaughters, Ashley and Morgan Sargent; her loving brother, Norman "Butch" Wright of Milton, Kentucky; her loving brother in law, William "Billy" Sargent of Cynthiana, Kentucky; her loving sister in law, Nancy Sargent of Milton, Kentucky; her uncles, Phil Wright and his wife, Betty of Madison, Indiana, Gayle Wright and his wife, Margaret of Atlanta, Georgia; her closest and dearest friends, Jacklyn and David Fink and Family of Milton, Kentucky; several nieces, nephews and other relatives. She was preceded in death by her father, Norman Wright, died, December 23, 2000, her mother, Hilda Maxine Haviland Wright, died May 29, 1984, her loving brother in law, Charles Sargent, died, January 4, 2009. FUNERAL CEREMONY Funeral services will be conducted Sunday, August 11, 2019, at 2:00 p.m., by Rev. Wayne Mahoney, Rev. Orville Mann, and Rev. Chris Kendall at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison, Indiana. Interment will follow in the Moffett Cemetery in Milton, Kentucky. VISITATION Friends may visit Saturday from 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. and Sunday from 12:00 Noon until the time of service at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison, Indiana.MEMORIAL EXPRESSIONS Memorial contributions may be made to the Riley Children's Hospital, St. Jude's or the Brown Cancer Center for Cancer Research. Cards are available at the funeral homes. Online condolences, www.morgan-nay.com Make An Online Memorial Donation To send a flower arrangement in memory of Barbara C. "Barb" Wright Sargent, please click here to visit our sympathy store.