James Clarence (Jim) Wright, Jr.

James Clarence (Jim) Wright, Jr., a resident of State Highway 95, North, Abbeville, died Tuesday morning, June 22, 2010, at his home. He was 73.

            Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A. M. Thursday, June 24, 2010, in the Judson Baptist Church with Reverend Dennis Singletary, Reverend Gerald Ross and Reverend Danny Crosby officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Holman-Abbeville Mortuary is in charge of funeral arrangements. The family will receive friends from 5:00 until 7:00 P. M. Wednesday at the mortuary in Abbeville.

            Flowers will be accepted or memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, ACS Memorial Chairperson, 423 Caravella Drive, Dothan, AL. 36305.

            Mr. Wright was born and reared in Savannah, Georgia, son of the late James Clarence Wright, Sr. and Lorena Harvey Wright. He received a degree in Business Administration from Rutgers University and served his country in the Air National Guard. Mr. Wright formerly lived in Tallahassee and Dothan before moving to the Screamer community in Henry County in 2007. He was a member of the Judson Baptist Church and was a former member of the Cloverdale Baptist Church in Dothan where he served as a Deacon. Mr. Wright was retired as the owner and operator of GAF Sales of Dothan and Abbeville. He was preceded in death by a sister, Jane Daniel.

            Surviving relatives include his wife, Danie Watford Wright, Abbeville; two daughters, Kelly Ann Wills and husband, Lance, Abbeville; Toni Myers and husband, James, Tallahassee, FL; three sons, Mackey Sasser and wife, Terra, Dothan; Randy Sasser and wife, Anda, Abbeville; and James Clarence Wright, III, Atlanta; a sister, Margaret Odom, Overland Park, KS.; a brother, Jack Wright and wife, Bo Peep, Lake Toxaway, N.C.; grandchildren, Pamela Barnes and husband, Jeremy, Talia Mills and husband, Gene, Mannon Wills and wife, Ashley, Zachary Wills and wife, Amanda, Christopher Sasser, Madison Sasser, Danyel Sasser, Gabe Wills, Sabaian Sasser, Creed Sasser, Max Burgeen, Kennedy Burgeen, Taran Sumner, Greg Sumner, Collin Aldridge, Amber Loper and Garrett Bracewell; great-grandchildren, Carter, Jorja and Addison Barnes, Alexa and Lilly Dane Mills, Alexis Marie Wills, Taylor and Mannon O.Wills, IV and Lilia Grace Archuletta.

            Serving as active pallbearers will be Greg Sumner, Gene Mills, Jeremy Barnes, Chris Sasser, Gabe Wills, Jeremy Watford, Max Smith and Ron Meadows.