[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 83 (Tuesday, June 21, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1307]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 LITTLE RIVER COUNTY JUDGE CLYDE WRIGHT

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                             HON. MIKE ROSS

                              of arkansas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 21, 2005

  Mr. ROSS. Mr. Speaker, today, I pay tribute to Little River County 
Judge Clyde Benton Wright. Judge Wright passed away on June 10, 2005 at 
the age of 63. I wish to recognize his legacy and lifetime of 
dedication to public service.
  Judge Wright was born on October 30, 1941, in Little River County. 
Graduating from Foreman High School in 1959, he began a career in the 
United States Marine Corps with assignments that included Vietnam, 
Laos, and Cambodia. Judge Wright specialized in and instructed escape 
and evasion tactics and trained Navy Seals.
  Following a distinguished career in the military, Judge Wright moved 
to Los Angeles and began a career that spanned over two decades with 
the Los Angeles Police Department, where he earned a prestigious 
Detective Ill rank. Following a special request from the government, 
Judge Wright also taught courses to new Federal Bureau of Investigation 
agents.
  In 1984, Judge Wright returned with his family to Little River 
County. In 1988, he was elected to the post of Little River County 
Judge, and served in that post for more than eight consecutive terms. 
As Judge, he helped to secure funding for improvement of local roads 
and the hospital, and furthered industrial development in Little River 
County.
  Judge Wright led a lifetime of devotion to his family, to public 
service, and to the betterment of the lives of others. I am honored to 
have known him and counted him as a friend.
  I extend my deepest sympathies to his wife, Barbara Lampenfeld 
Wright, their sons, Lonnie Benton Wright of Little Rock and Marshall 
Alan Wright of Forrest City, their daughter-in-law, Kristen Collier 
Wright, and six-week old twin grandchildren, Collier and Syble, and his 
father, Bud Wright.

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