(Ret.) 1st Sgt. Harold Fred Wright, age 76 United States Army of 811 Gentry Road, Shady Valley, Tennessee entered into eternal rest Wednesday, January 13, 2010 in Sycamore Shoals Hospital. He was the son of the late Robert Sherman and Cora Mae Harper Wright. Fred enjoyed farming, fishing and bird watching.
Mr. Wright was also preceded in death by two brothers: Bobby and Ernest Wright; four infant children; two brother-in-laws Bud Rhudy (Betty’s husband) and Curley Woodell (Loetta’s husband).
He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Ivalee Harper Wright of Shady Valley. One daughter, Janet Sue Wright, Lenoir, North Carolina. One grand-daughter, Tory Kay Clapp of Lenoir, North Carolina. Three great-grandchildren, Sierra, Brittany, and Nicholas of Lenoir, North Carolina.
Two sisters: Betty Rhudy and Loetta Woodell of Shady Valley, Tennessee.
Several nieces and nephews also survive.
Funeral services for (Ret.) 1st. Sgt. Harold Fred Wright will be conducted on Saturday, January 16, 2010 at 7:30 pm from the Charles B. Hux Memorial Chapel of Hux~Lipford~Teague Funeral Home with ministers Richard Stout and James Harrison officiating. Music provided by The Long Family. Military honors and graveside services and interment will be Sunday, January 17, 2010 at 2:00 pm. accorded by the Johnson County Honor Guard in the Crosswhite Cemetery, Shady Valley, Tennessee. Active pallbearers will be Dennis Rhudy, Randy Rhudy, David Woodell, Stephen Woodell, Billy Jack Jenkins, Ricky Wright, Justin Price and James Long.
The family will receive from 6:00 until 7:30 pm, January 16, 2010 prior to the funeral service.
Hux~Lipford~Teague Funeral Home and Cremation Services is proud to be serving the Harold Fred Wright family.