Wright, James Morris

1910 - 2009  (98 years)

• Name	Wright, James Morris
  Born	18 Jul 1910	Montpelier, Clay County, Mississippi, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	5 Feb 2009	Floy Dyer Nursing Home - Houston, Chickasaw County, Mississippi, USA
  Buried	Pine Bluff Cemetery - Montpelier, Clay County, Mississippi, USA
  Person ID	I3503	Coursey-Sansing Tree
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Wright, Benjamin Franklin,   b. 27 Dec 1880, Alabama, USA ,   d. 21 Jan 1969, Mississippi, USA  (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Morris, Callie Doni,   b. 29 Mar 1882, Pheba, Clay County, Mississippi, USA ,   d. 27 Mar 1925, Clay County, Mississippi, USA  (Age 42 years)
  Married	18 Dec 1901	Clay County, Mississippi, USA
  Family ID	F1584	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Johnson, Mildred,   b. 3 May 1914, Mississippi, USA ,   d. 27 May 2007, Mantee, Webster County, Mississippi, USA  (Age 93 years)
  Married	12 Jul 1934	Mississippi, USA
  Children	1. Wright, Mildred L (Polly)   2. Wright, Emmajean Lee   3. Wright, Pauline
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020
  Family ID	F1597	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		James Morris Wright and Mildred Johnson
  		James Morris Wright and Mildred Johnson

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary   MANTEE - James Morris "Big Daddy" Wright, 98, died Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009, at the Floy Dyer Nursing Home in Houston. He was born July 18, 1910, in Clay County to Callie Doni Morris and Benjamin Franklin Wright. He was a crane operator for Babcock & Wilcox Company for 22 years and a member of Pine Bluff Baptist Church. He married Mildred Johnson Wright on July 12, 1934. She preceded him in death on May 27, 2007. He was a Master Mason and a member of Montpelier Masonic Lodge F&AM No. 220. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Pine Bluff Baptist Church with the Rev. Joe Stallings officiating. Burial will follow in Pine Bluff Cemetery at Mantee with Masonic graveside honors. Calvert Funeral Home of West Point is in charge of the arrangements. Survivors include three daughters, Emmajean Lee Stafford (Buddy) of Greensboro, N.C., Polly Wright Horn (Albert) of Houston and Pauline Wright Neal (Darold) of Mantee; seven grandchildren, Jerry Stafford and Wanda Stafford Garrett (Ernie) of Greensboro, N.C., David Awtrey (Donna) of Mooreville, Cathy Awtrey Wacaser (Jimmy) of Del Rio, Texas, Ronnie Neal (Tammy) and Tracy Neal of Mantee, and Jada Neal Blissard (Jody) of Oxford; 13 great-grandchildren, Lee Stafford and Lexi Stafford of Greensboro, N.C., Jason Garrett (Monica) of Southern Pines, N.C., Jessica Garrett Jackson (Matthew) of Sanford, N.C., Brooke Awtrey and Tyler Awtrey of Mooreville, Natalie Wacaser Mirtich (John) and Emmalee Wacaser of Del Rio, Texas, Audrey Wacaser of San Antonio, TX, Cheyanne Neal and Skylar Neal of Mantee, Cassidy Neal of Mathiston and Lillie Beth Blissard of Oxford; eight great-great-grandchildren, Chase Garrett, Sam Garrett, Julianna Garrett and Helena Garrett, all of Southern Pines, N.C., Luke Jackson and Kate Jackson of Sandford, N.C., Carter Canchola and Chloe Canchola of Del Rio, Texas; a sister in law, Wilma Johnson Wright of Mantee; a host of nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; three brothers, Roy Wright, William Wright and Carey Wright; and three sisters, Marie Wight Willingham, Myrtle Wright Douglas and Elizabeth Wright McCarter. Pallbearers will be his grandsons, David Awtrey, Ronnie Neal, Tracy Neal, Jimmy Wacaser, Jody Blissard, Skyler Neal, Tyler Neal and Adrain Larson. Honorary pallbearers will be the deacons of Pine Bluff Baptist Church. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. The body will lie at the church from 1 p.m. until service time Saturday. Memorials may be made to Pine Bluff Cemetery Care Fund, c/o Betty NcNeel, 7999 Colony Road, Pheba, MS 39755.