Coy Wright

Coy Wright, age 85, of Amity, died Wednesday, February 19, 2003.

He was born on September 7, 1917 at Lucky, Arkansas, the son of James Edmond Wright and Rena Cleola Newcomb Wright. On February 8, 1941, he was married to Velma Triplett. He was preceded in death by his parents; his son, Coy Robert Wright; his brother, Edgar Andrew Wright; and his sister, Josephine Evanelle Story.

Coy was a U. S. Army field artillery division veteran of World War II. After the service, he worked in several jobs in many states before becoming a farmer and an accomplished carpenter. He was a member of the Shiloh Church of Christ and was active in church work for all of his life. He had an outstanding singing voice and loved singing in church services and gospel singings.

He is survived by his wife, Velma Triplett Wright of Amity; his daughter, Teresa Newborn of Tuscaloosa, Alabama; five sisters and their spouses, Estelle and John Dillard of Newkirk, Oklahoma, Arlene Nunes of Gridley, California, Winifred and John Egleston of Mount Ida, Ruth and Brack Stanley of Roseburg, Oregon, and Brooks and Ray Carpenter of North Ridgeville, Ohio; one sister-in-law, Clara Wright of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; one brother-in-law, Clarence O. Story of Grants Pass, Oregon; three grandchildren and their spouses, Tammy and Robert Rogers of Amity, Dale and Kristina Wright of Amity, and Robin Newborn of Tuscaloosa, Alabama; and four great-grandchildren, Megan Rogers, Sean Rogers, Kimberly Wright and, Andrea Wright.

Services will be held at 2:00 PM, Friday, February 21, 2003 in the Shiloh Church of Christ with Rick Collie and Luke Henson officiating.

Visitation will be Thursday, 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM.

Interment will be in the Sweet Home Cemetery with military services under the direction of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 2278, of Hot Springs.

Arrangements are under the direction of Davis-Smith Funeral Home, Glenwood.

Guest registry is at www.davissmithfuneralhome.com.