John Earl Wright

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John Wright passed away Tuesday, January 5, 2020 at CHRISTUS Jasper Memorial Hospital in Jasper, Texas.

A resident of Jasper, Texas for the past 7 years, John was a native of Pineland, Texas, and a former resident of Tyler, Texas. John liked building wooden framed buildings and homes. John was formerly employed by Georgia Pacific - Weyerhaeuser. He also served our country in the U.S. Army as a medic from 1958 through 1963.

John is survived by his two sons, Greg Wright & his wife Kerry Lynn of Fort Worth, Texas and Barry Wright & his wife Robin Loraine of Jasper, Texas; sister, Thettie Purtell & husband Vance of Fort Worth, Texas; eleven grandchildren, Clayton Hood, Adam Hood, Cameron Hood, Stephen Wright, Braedon Wright, Andrew Wright, Vivian Wright, Jonah Wright, Jaxson Wright, Ellie Wright, and Victoria Charlton; and three great grandchildren, Breelyn Hood, Everett Hood and Emma Hood.

He was preceded in death by his parents John Wesley and Bennie Dell Wright; his wife of 44 years, JoAnn Brown Wright; and his brother, Narrel Wright.

Services are under the direction of Stringer & Griffin Funeral Home of Jasper.

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Downloaded from Stringer and Griffin Funeral Home, also published in The Sabine County Reporter, January 20, 2021, page 4