Monroe M. Wright

Monroe Morgan Wright, 66, died suddenly Tuesday, August 21, 2007, at Baptist Medical Center. Mark Seepe Funeral Directors & Crematorium in Jackson, Mississippi is handling the arrangements. Visitation will be Friday, August 24, from 10:00am until the 12 noon Memorial Requiem Eucharist at St. Andrew's Cathedral. Inurnment will follow in the cathedral columbarium.
Born December 8, 1940 in Meridian, he was the son of William Bartlett and Elizabeth Morgan Wright. He grew up in Hattiesburg and graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1962 with a degree in accounting. He met the former Melanie Reed while working in New Orleans. They married in 1966 and moved to Jackson in 1968 where he continued his CPA career with both national and local firms and then as chief financial officer for two Jackson businesses. He currently was CFO of Jackson Iron and Metal Company. Civic activities include serving as president of both New Stage Theatre and the Mississippi Opera Guild. He had been a board member of those organizations and the Mississippi Museum of Art. He was an avid golfer and amateur chef.
Survivors include: his wife, Melanie; sister, Caroline Cunningham and husband, David, of Fort Myers, Fla.; son, Monroe Morgan Wright Jr., his wife, Kathleen and their son, Peyton Monroe Wright, of San Francisco, Calif.; daughter, Elizabeth Wright Ainsworth her husband, Robert and their son, John Gerson Ainsworth of Atlanta, Ga.
Memorials may be sent to St. Andrew's Cathedral or a charity of your choice.