Joe Wright

Joe J.B.' Wright (PICTURE) ELLENTON Joe J.B.' Wright, 77, of Ellenton, died Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012, at the home of his son. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 11, at Baker Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Bobby Wiard officiating. Burial will follow in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens with Jeff Baker, Ben Hickey, Pat Cochran, Lamar Hickey, Jody Brown and Keith Bryan serving as pallbearers. Born Dec. 30, 1934, in Ellenton, he was the son of the late Joe Wright and the late Earnest and Clyde Yeomans. He was a guide for Pine Field Plantation and Pine Ridge Plantation and was of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by his wife, Leona Victoria Dias Wright Survivors include a son, Billy Joe Wright and wife B.J. of Moultrie; a brother, Buddy Yeomans of Norman Park; a sister, Louise Wingate of Bevard, N.C.; grandchildren, Joe Russell Wright, Whitney Danielle Wright, Victoria Abigail Wright and Emily Grace Wright, all of Moultrie; a special friend, Patricia Tyler; and several nieces and nephews. Visitation will be Wednesday, Oct. 10, from 6 to 8 p.m., at the funeral home. The family maybe contacted at the home of Billy Joe and B.J. Wright, 145 Sunset Lane in Moultrie. Arrangements have been entrusted to Baker Funeral Home. Please leave condolences to the family at www.bakerfuneralhomeofmoultrie.com and www.moultrieobserver.com .