Funeral service for Harold Wayne Wright Sr. age 71 of Decatur will be Tuesday, July 11, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. at Shoal Creek Baptist Church with Rev. Gary Linville officiating with burial in the adjoining cemetery with Peck Funeral Home directing. Visitation will be from 1:00 p.m. until service time on Tuesday at the Church.
Mr. Wright, who was born on February 10, 1946 in Limestone County to William Granville Wright and Mattie Lou Griffin Wright, died on Sunday, July 9, 2017 at Decatur Morgan Hospital. He was preceded in death by his parents and by his wife of 50 years Carol Wright. He was a member of the Shoal Creek Baptist Church and taught the Special Needs Class. He retired from Amoco Chemical Company after 25 years of service, had formerly served as an officer of the Fraternal Order of the Eagles and the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Decatur. He was a United States Navy Vietnam Veteran. He had coached little league baseball and basketball and officiated baseball and basketball, youth league and High School.
He is survived by a son Harold Wayne Wright Jr. (Candy) of Cullman, a daughter, Selena Wright of Decatur, a brother, Gary Granville Wright of Somerville, two sisters, Barbara Engren of Hampton Cove and Beverly Bowling of Danville, six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Wesley Baker, Jared Wray, Lane Dean, Wayne Wright III, Cody Gibbs and Brian Devillo will serve as pallbearers.
