R. Robert Wright

R. Robert Wright, Jr., 72, a retired law enforcement officer, died Tuesday, September 21,2004 in Azle.Graveside Service: 2:30 P.M. Friday at Newsom Cemetery. Visitation: 6 to 8 P.M. Thursday at White's Azle Funeral Home. R. Robert Wright Jr. was born in Azle on December 16, 1931 to Ruth Landers Wright and R. Robert Wright Sr. He attended Azle Schools from first to twelfth grade. Robert was the third student at Azle to receive the Lone Star Farmers award. While attending Arlington State College he joined the Marine Air Wing Reserve. He and his wife Johnnie Merck were married on November 10, 1951 at Silver Creek Church. Robert was with the Department of Public Safety for twenty-five years, during which time he received Advanced Certification in Law Enforcement. He retired from D.P.S. because of M.S. in 1978. Robert was a loving family member, living and working on the farm that his mother and dad had bought in 1936. He was preceded in death by his parents and a daughter, Judy Ella Wright.Survivors: Wife; Johnnie; son, Weldon Leigh Wright and wife Sarah; grandsons, Zachary Leigh Wright and Robert Alex Wright; granddaughter, Gemma Ella Katherine Wright; great-grandchildren, Bobby Daye Wright and Jesse Kay Wright; sister, Nancy Brown and husband Charlie of Springtown.