Earl Wright

Earl Wright, 61, of Ash­ley, died Sat­ur­day after­noon (June 23, 2012) sur­rounded by his fam­ily at his residence.

He was born Oct. 27, 1950, in Thorn­ton, Ky., to the late Leslie and Susie (Blair) Wright. He had lived most of his life in the Delaware and Ash­ley area. He was a heavy equip­ment oper­a­tor for the Shelly Com­pany. Earl was a good and hon­est per­son. He would tell you like it was — whether you wanted to hear it or not, he would always tell you the truth. Earl loved rid­ing his 1999 Harley David­son Sof­t­ail and restor­ing clas­sic mus­cle cars, includ­ing his 1970 Nova. He enjoyed time spent going to swap meets with his brother and work­ing in his garage. Earl and Tami enjoyed rid­ing the Harley, trips to Ten­nessee and bike week in Day­tona, Fla. Earl loved spend­ing time with his fam­ily and friends — espe­cially his grandchildren.

He is sur­vived by his wife of 36 years, Tami (Rug­gles) Wright, whom he mar­ried July 24, 1976, in Delaware; sons, Bran­dan Earl Wright of Ash­ley and Elmer Lee Wright of Delaware; daugh­ter, Tania Dav­en­port of Ash­ley; grand­chil­dren, Heather, Holly, Heidi, Justin, Gabe, Hai­ley and Blake; brother, Eddie (Vivian) Wright of Delaware; sis­ters, Kath­leen (Duane) Leighter of Ray­mond, Helen (Don­nie) Brown of Mar­ion and Joann (Bill) Nichols of Colum­bus; and many nieces and nephews.

He was pre­ceded in death by a sis­ter, Jackie Clay.

Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednes­day from at the Sny­der Rod­man Funeral Cen­ter, 1510 W. William St. at Val­ley­side Drive, Delaware, with a ser­vice at 7:30 p.m. with Woody Bag­well officiating.

Con­do­lences may be expressed at snyderfuneralhomes.com.

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