James Wright

James Wright

Funeral services for Mr. James Wright, Sr., of Atlanta will be on Saturday, December 29, at 2:00 p.m. at the Everlasting Gospel Church at 1300 South Jefferson Street in Dublin. Interment will follow in the Dudley Memorial Cemetery. Reverend Reginald R. Cordy, Sr. will officiate. Mr. Wright, 65, who passed on Thursday, December 20, was born March 7, 1947 to the late Mr. O.C. and the late Mrs. Lavada (O’Neal) Wright. He was united in holy matrimony to Mary Alice Hubbard. To this union three children were born. He was employed by the Dekalb County Board of Education for 35 years. Mr. Wright was preceded in death by his father Mr. O.C. Wright; his mother, Mrs. Lavada (O’Neal) Wright; daughter, Mrs. Phylliss Elaine "Gidget" Williams; and sisters, Mrs. Zora Mae Kellam and Mrs. Lavern Parker. Mr. Wright leaves to cherish his many fond memories by his loving wife, Mrs. Mary Alice Hubbard Wright of Atlanta; three loving children: one son, James (Latasha) Wright Jr., of Atlanta, and two daughters, Mrs Sherri (Kenneth) Williams and Cassandra Wright, both of Atlanta; son-in-law, Lorenzo Williams of Atlanta; three sisters, Georgia Mae Cordy and Alzada Floyd of Dublin, and Louise (Felt) Calhoun of Atlanta; three brothers, Robert (Sue) Wright, Vernon “Eugene” (Dale) Wright, and Frank Wright, all of Atlanta; uncle, Rev. Ernest O’Neal of Birmingham, Alabama; aunt, Eula Mae Linder of Dublin; four sisters-in-law, Marilyn (Paul) Rozier, Katherine (Charles) Ray, Deborah (Prentice) Smith of Dublin, and Alesia (Zerah) Gaines of Atlanta; two brother-in-laws, A.D. Wright and Ronald (Ida) Hankins of Dublin; ten grandchildren and five great-grandchildren; two adopted sons, Jeffery Wright and Jerome (Rebecca) Kellam of Dublin; a special daughter, Miss. Alicia Miller of Dublin and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. The family will receive friends at the home of his sister, Ms. Georgia Mae Cordy, 228 Cascade Circle in Dublin. Services by Dudley Funeral Home of Dublin Post condolences at www.ServicesByDudley.com