Funeral Services for Muriel Bright, age 84 of Lubbock, TX, formally of O'Neill will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 30, 2018 at the First United Methodist Church in O'Neill, NE.   Rev. AG Turner will officiate.   Burial will be in the O'Neill Cemetery.  Visitation will be Friday, June 29, 2018 from 5-7 pm at Biglin's Mortuary in O'Neill.   Muriel passed away Saturday, June 23, 2018 at the Covenant Medical Center of Lubbock, TX. Memorials may be directed to the family for future designation.  Biglin's Mortuary in O'Neill is in charge of arrangements.

Muriel Louise Niles was born on May 16, 1934 in Neligh, Nebraska, to Louis and Marjorie (Peterson) Niles.  She attended Neligh and O'Neill Schools until moving with her family to Scottsbluff, NE.  She graduated from Scottsbluff High School in 1952.  She then went on to attend Scottsbluff Junior College.

She married Ardell Bright on February 1, 1953 at the Methodist Church in O'Neill, NE.  To this union three children were born, Thomas, Timothy, and Tami.

Ardell and Muriel worked at Skovie's Western Auto and the Red and White Grocery Store in O'Neill, the couple then owned the Red and White Market in Orchard. She then went to work at Havlik's Market in St. Paul, which later became Jack and Jill.  She retired from the grocery business in 1997.  They then moved to Arizona.  While in Arizona she worked part-time at Walgreen's.  In 2009 they returned to Nebraska residing in Norfolk and Blue Hill until moving to Lubbock Texas in 2016.

Muriel was active in her church and enjoyed attending Bible study. She was a past Noble Grand for the Rebecca Lodge and was a member of Order of the Eastern Star.  She enjoyed canning and cooking and was known for her divinity and fudge.  Muriel's hobbies included knitting, crocheting, genealogy, camping, and going for walks with dogs Rocky and Raider.

Muriel is survived by her son, Thomas Ardell Bright of Lubbock, TX; daughter, Tami Ann Bright of Grand Island; six grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren; one sister, Alice (Dale) Eirich of Port St. Lucie, Florida; daughter-in-law, Danita (Don) Bright-Stanley of Missouri Valley, IA; many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 64 years, Ardell Bright in 2017; son, Tim Bright in 1991; great granddaughter, Kasely Anderson; two sisters, Marion Watson and Leona Jefson; and one brother, Robert Louis Niles.