Tellie Wright Obituary
TELLIE RECEIVED HIS EDUCATION IN DALLAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS. AS AN HONOR STUDENT, HE ATTENDED SOUTH OAK CLIFF HIGH SCHOOL AND PARTICIPATED ON THE FAMOUS SOC FOOTBALL TEAM. HE GRADUATED CLASS OF 1975 AS A SOUTH OAK CLIFF GOLDEN BEAR. AFTER GRADUATING TELLIE PROCEEDED TO GO TO WORK AT DALWORK CARPET CLEANING FOR 10 PLUS YEARS, WHERE HE BECAME A MANAGER. HE ENJOYED TALKING TRASH, SITTING IN THE YARD AT HIS PARENTS HOUSE, AND ENJOYING HIS FAMILY, KIDS AND FRIENDS.
MOURNING HIS PASSING AND CHERISHING HIS MEMORIES ARE HIS LIFE PARTNER: JACQUELINE PRICE, KIDS: TAMMY WRIGHT, CHASITY LEWIS, TYRA WRIGHT AND TAJI PRICE AND ONE GRANDCHILD: ESSENCE LEWIS.
BROTHERS: LEWIS WRIGHT(PATRICIA), EARL WRIGHT, CHRISTOPHER WRIGHT, HENRY WRIGHT, KELVIN WRIGHT AND MATTHEW WRIGHT. SISTERS: BRENDA MCLANE(CHARLES), FRENDA JACKSON(JOSEPH), IRIS JEFFERSON(VINCENT), NANICE PEMBERTON(ALVIN): AND A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.
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Rory Christopher
August 21, 2025
My sincere condolences to Mrs Wright, and the Wright family. My Brother will be missed. Ted was a friend and uncle to my boyz and a brother. Big brother would show up for u. He did it for us countless of times. He wasn't just my brother in law. He was a brother. A ride or die. Thats what Tellie H.Wright was to me. We spent a many days on the creek fishing . He taught me alot .I'll never forget big tellie.REST MY BROTHER. REST .ur Bro Rory Christopher.
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