Bishop Jimmie R. Wright
Bastrop, LA
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Rayville, La
Services for Bishop Jimmie R. Wright, age 75, of Bastrop, LA will be 10AM, December 3, 2009 at East Haven Church of God in Bastrop, LA with Bishop David Sistrunk officiating, under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, Rayville, LA.
Bishop Wright pastored Church of God churches for 55 years in LA, TX, OK, KS, MS, & GA. He is preceded in death by wife of 46 years-Nancy Temple Wright in year 2000, parents- Alonzo and Lois Wright, sisters- Marjorie Phillips, Ozella Kyle, and Miriam Ross, brother- John Wright, and an infant brother and sister.
He is survived by his wife of 9 years, Ruth Scroggins Wright of Bastrop, LA, 4 daughters- Peggy and Steve Bray of Broken Bow, OK, Pam and Shannon Ryburn of Anadarko, OK, Melinda and Scott Jewell of Crowder, OK, and Julie Heath of McAlester, OK, 2 sons- Jimmie Jr. and Lesa Wright of Grand Prairie, TX and Tim and Renee’ Wright of Broken Bow, OK, and stepson- Mike and Lynn Scroggins of Bastrop, LA, 2 sisters- Martha Roderick of Eastman, GA and Sandra Childers of Belvedere, SC, and 2 brothers, Leroy Wright of Au Gris, MI and Jack Wright of Eastman, GA, 16 grandchildren, and 5 great grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Ministers of Church of God.
Visitation will be from 5 till 9PM Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at Mulhearn Funeral Home Chapel, Rayville, LA.