Jim-Wright-Obituary

Jim Wright

1922 - 2015 (Age 92)

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Jim Wright, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and college instructor at TCU, died Wednesday, May 6, 2015, in Fort Worth. Service: 2 p.m. Monday at First United Methodist Church, 800 W. Fifth St., Fort Worth. Interment: City Greenwood Cemetery, Weatherford. Speaker Wright will lie in...

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Still missing him!

Still missing our speaker from Texas, could use this common sense guy now!

Still missing my Fort Worth, Texas, Methodist, and U. S. Champion!

Mr. Wright and I met in his office several years ago, a true gentleman he took my coat with care and hung it on a coat rack and asked if I would like coffee. My intention regarding that meeting was to let him know as a woman and Minority with dual degrees and a Linguist I had found it very difficult to obtain employment in my field of Law Enforcement. Mr. Wright personally made a call to the agency I desired to work for. A few years Later he once again called the dean of my Alma Mater TWC,...


I remember when I asked Jim to lunch shortly after he became speaker. We met with Mickey Leland and Jim was instrumental in helping launch a humanitarian Mattress project for a DC Homeless Shelter. Jim and Mickey were my customers who became fast friends in association with our desire to help the homeless and end hunger. I spoke with Jim a week before he died and will miss this very good man. I'm honored to have his picture on my website at www.sabatinioflondon.com - Izak Sabatini

You were a HERO of mine, and a dear friend. You were there for us when we lost Dad, and presented the Eulogy at his memorial service. You were a dear friend of my father and mother, and you were there at our darkest hour. You counseled me in leadership and politics. As a great man and leader, you inspired me with all that you did for the people of this great country. To me, from the first day I met you as a little girl...you seemed larger than life...and that never changed. I was honored to...

You were a HERO of mine, and a dear friend. You were there for us when we lost Dad, and presented the Eulogy at his memorial service. You were a dear friend of my father and mother, and you were there at our darkest hour. You counseled me in leadership and politics. As a great man and leader, you inspired me with all that you did for the people of this great country. To me, from the first day I met you as a little girl...you seemed larger than life...and that never changed. I was honored to...

The endearing messages expressed by constituents surely speak for how much Jim Wright was loved, adored, and appreciated. There is no doubt that Mr. Wright was very much treasured by his loved ones and is indeed precious in God's eyes.