[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 107 (Thursday, June 23, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E666]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            HONORING THE LIFE OF REPRESENTATIVE LYNN WRIGHT

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                            HON. TRENT KELLY

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 23, 2022

  Mr. KELLY of Mississippi. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize 
the life of Mississippi State Representative Lynn Wright. Mr. Wright 
passed away on June 17, 2022, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He was 69.
  He was preceded in death by his parents, Willie Loyd Wright, Sr. and 
Jo Etta Lipsey Wright. Survivors include his wife of 47 years, Ginger 
Howell Wright; sons, Josh Wright (Caroline), Jody Wright (Meredith) and 
Jonathan Wright (Pearl); brothers, Loyd Wright (Susan), Larry Wright 
(Kathy), Luther Wright (Penney) and Lane Wright (Carol); sister, Beth 
Wright Ludwig (Michael), and six grandchildren, Roper Penny, Thomas 
Wright, Levee Wright, Lydia Wright, Wellesley Wright and Landon Wright.
  Lynn Wright graduated valedictorian from Carrollton High School (AL) 
in 1970, where he played football for Hall of Fame Coach Billy McGee. 
He went on to play football at the University of West Alabama where he 
helped lead the Tigers to a 22-7-3 overall record during his three 
years in Livingston, including an overall record of 8-1-2, and a trip 
to the NAIA Semifinals in 1972. After graduating from UWA in 1975, Mr. 
Wright began his coaching career in 1983 at McIntosh Academy, where he 
would serve as head coach through the 1987 season.
  Mr. Wright has also coached five undefeated football teams and has 
put together winning streaks of 47 and 32 games. In addition to 
coaching, he also served as the Headmaster at Pickens Academy and won 
the AISA 2A Presidents Award for the Highest Academic School in its 
class. Mr. Wright is a 2003 inductee into the AISA Hall of Fame. He 
served in Education for 44 years. He also served as Headmaster and Head 
Coach at Jackson Academy and New Hope High School Principal. Mr. Wright 
was elected and served as Lowndes County (MS) Superintendent of 
Education from 2011-19 during which time the school district under his 
leadership received an `A' rating from the state, and a state-of-the-
art career technical center. Caledonia Elementary School and New Hope 
High School were also built under his leadership. In 2020, Mr. Wright 
was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives District 37 and 
served as a Republican until his passing.
  Pallbearers will be Steve Davis, Darrell Gregory, Tony Holmes, Sam 
McCorkle, Leo Wright and Steve Younger. Honorary Pallbearers are the 
Mississippi House of Representatives, former teammates, coaches and 
players and the Juanice Hayes Sunday School Class.

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