Joseph Larry Wright
Mr. Joseph Larry Wright of Campbellsville, KY formerly of Columbus, IN, passed peacefully from this life on Saturday, December 9, 2023, in the comfort of his home. Born in Chicago, IL on February 7, 1949, to Mary Edna (Burton) and Joseph Hiram Wright. The day after his birth, he went to stay with his grandparents in Columbia, KY. They were Eunice Ollie (Coffey) and Owen Elmer Burton whom he lived with the first five years of his life and their daughters. His aunts took him in as if he was their little brother taking him everywhere, even show and tell at school.
His grandmother instilled love, patience, caring, and compassion.
Mr. Wright was a Christian man.. attending church as often as he could.
After high school, Mr. Wright was drafted into the US Army, where he served two years. After returning home on May 29, 1971
he married the love of his life, Margaret Aleen Cummins.
Mr. Wright proceeds in death by his parents, grandparents, and aunt.
He leaves to cherish his memory: his wife Margaret Aleen (Cummins) Wright. Two children: Tiffany Michele (Shawn Michael) Wilson and Darren Wade (Crystal) Wright, 3 grandchildren Reilly, Miya, and Brady, one sister: Roxanne Smallwood and husband Darrell of Russell Springs, and two great aunts, and several cousins.
Mr. Wright’s ashes will be placed in the Garland Brook Cemetery in the mausoleum of his hometown of Columbus, Indiana at a later date.
