Gary Wright

Family-Placed Obituary

WRIGHT, Gary E. 52 of Fairborn, died suddenly Thursday, December 16, 2004. He was born November 7, 1952 to Tom and Jeanne Hines Wright, and graduated from Fairborn High School in 1970. In high school, he was a three-sport athlete for the Fairborn Flyers, involved in cross country, basketball, and baseball. He attended Miami University on a baseball scholarship and was an outstanding pitcher for the team then known as the Miami Redskins. He later played baseball professionally with the Kansas City Royals minor league system. He was inducted into the Miami University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1983, and the Dayton Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame in 1986. A magna cum laude Miami graduate in 1974, he was also an honors law graduate of The Ohio State University, earning his juris doctorate in 1978. From that year to the present he practiced law with the firm of Martin, McCarty, Wright, and Roach Co. LPA, of Fairborn. He was a member of the Ohio and Greene County Bar Associations, serving as president of the county organization in 1993, and was a former member of the Fairborn Rotary Club. An avid golfer and tennis player, he was an active member of the Greene Country Club. His interests also included music, humor, and reading. He was a member of the Fairborn Board of Education from 1985 until 1994, serving as president in 1992, and was inducted into the Fairborn City Schools Hall of Honor in 2001. Gary was preceded in death by his brother, Tommy, on December 6, 1969, and his grandparents, most recently Fred Hines on September 30, 2004 He is survived by his parents, Tom and Jeanne Wright; a special friend, Janet Turber; sisters, Karen, Jan, and Barbara; brothers-in- law, Steve Hayes and Greg Barger; four nieces and four nephews; also by many aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends. Visiting hours will be from 2:00 to 6:00 P.M. Sunday (TODAY) in the BELTON FUNERAL HOME, Fairborn. A memorial service will be held Monday at 1:00 P.M. at the Fairborn St. Luke United Methodist Church, 100 N. Broad St., Fairborn, with Rev. Merle D. Walter and Steve Hayes officiating. Burial will follow in Byron Cemetery, Fairborn. Memorial Contributions may be made to the Fairborn Skyhawk Athletic Fund to defer student participation fees, the Miami University Red & White Club, or a charity of the donor's choice.