Mr. Carl S. Wright, age 82, of Sandersville, died Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at his residence following an extended illness. A funeral service will held on Friday, December 7th at 2:00 p.m. at Sandersville United Methodist Church with burial in Brownwood Cemetery. Reverend Stan Littleton, Reverend Randall Smith and Reverend Danny Thomas will officiate. Pallbearers will be Russ Garland, Jay Jackson, Stanley Warthen, Johnathan Ford, Ronnie Dorman, George Turk, and Randy Helton.
Mr. Wright was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County, the son of the late Carl Bangs Wright and the late Estelle Helton Wright. He served his country in both the US Army and the Georgia National Guard. Carl began his working career as a Washington County Deputy Sheriff before assuming the role as the Washington County Civil Defense Director while also serving as the terminal manager for Kaolin Field. Carl next found his passion in life, teaching children, where he worked as a state vocational teacher at Washington County High School where he had a profound effect on the lives of numerous students until his retirement. He was active in both the Sandersville United Methodist Church where he was a member and the Tennille United Methodist Church where he recently attended. In retirement, Carl found joy on his family farm raising cattle and horses. He was a former member of the Sandersville Lions Club, the Washington County Cattleman’s Association, the 88 Saddle Club and the NRA. Mr. Wright is predeceased by his wife, Marjorie Polk Wright and a granddaughter, Caroline Grace Wright.
Survivors are his children, Pam W. Whitney and her husband Les of Missoula Montana, Chuck S. Wright and his wife Penny and Phil C. Wright and his wife Karen all of Sandersville; grandchildren, Philip Wright and his wife Lisa, David Goldberg, Joe Goldberg and his fiancé Breeze, Julia Goldberg, Zachery Wright and his wife Molly, Megan W. Swint and her husband Austin and Nicholas Wright; and his sister, Carolyn W. Jackson of Sandersville.
The family will be at the Wright residence on Hwy. 88, Sandersville and they will receive friends on Thursday from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at May and Smith Funeral Home.
Donations may be made to Tennille United Methodist Church P.O. Box 265, Tennille, GA. 31089 or to Sandersville United Methodist Church P.O. Box 611, Sandersville, GA. 31082.
May and Smith Funeral Directors is in charge of these arrangements.