Obituaries
 By  Staff Reports Published 
3:26 pm Friday, August 17, 2012

Jacob Oneal “Jaybob” Wright

Jacob Oneal “Jaybob” Wright

August 13, 2012

Jacob Oneal “Jaybob” Wright, 22, Russellville, passed away at his residence on Monday, Aug. 13, 2012.

Funeral services were Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012, at Spry Memorial Chapel with Bro. Jim Lumpkin officiating. Burial was in Bethlehem Cemetery.

He was preceded in death by mother, Betty Lynn Wright; grandfather, Bobby Edwards.He is survived by his father, Tony Wright; grandmother, Audrey Edwards; aunts and uncles, Jenny Frederick, Sharan Wellington, Bo Wellington, Bobby Ray Edwards, Gail Edwards, Phillip Edwards, David Edwards; cousins, Michael, Stephanie, Jesse, Kimberly, Trent, Phillip, Patrick, Brittany, Brandon, Brayden, Kaylie; and a host of friends.

The pallbearers were Jesse Edwards, Trent Edwards, Phillip Edwards, Patrick Wellington, Bo Wellington, and Brandon Suggs. The honorary pallbearers were Michael Witt and Brandon Edwards.

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