Mrs. Patricia Ann Turner Wright was born
January 30, 1938 in Memphis, Tennessee to the union of the late James and
Eleanor Dean Turner. Mrs. Wright attended college after high school where she
earned her Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing. She used this degree until she
retired from Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital where she worked as a Critical Care
Nurse. She was united in marriage to Robert Joel Wright on May 30, 1968. Mr.
Wright preceded her in death on August 17, 1985. She departed this life on
March 16, 2020 at her home surrounded by her family in Cypress Inn, Tennessee
at the age of 82 Years, 1 Month and 16 Days.
She is survived by two daughters,
Deborah Hendrix of Collinwood, TN, Kym Pigg and husband Paul of Cypress Inn,
TN; five grandchildren, Josh Pigg and wife Jessy, Jonathan Pigg and wife
Crystal, Delaina Pigg, Matthew Hendrix and wife Sabrina, and Andrew Pigg and
wife Brittney. Mrs. Wright is also survived by thirteen great-grandchildren.
In addition to her husband and parents, Mrs. Wright was preceded in death by a son and daughter-in-law, Jimmy Alan and Carol Lancaster Wright, and a granddaughter, Regina Skaggs.
Services will be held on March 19, 2020 at
1:00 PM at Collinwood Church of God with Nelson Moffett and Josh Stults
officiating. Burial will follow in the Barnett Cemetery at Cypress Inn,
Tennessee. Active pallbearers will include Jamie Wright, Lucas Berry, Casey
McMahan, Andrew Pigg, Matthew Hendrix, and Jonathon Pigg. Honorary pallbearers
will include Josh Pigg, David Wright, Henley Moore, and Ben Pigg.
Shackelford Funeral Directors is
assisting the family.
