Roger Mills Co. - Obit for James R. Wright, Jr.

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Obit for James R. Wright, Jr.

James R. Wright, Jr. was born November 30, 1946 in Stillwater, Oklahoma
to James Robert "Bob' and Audie Ruth Brown Wright.  He began school in
Cheyenne, Oklahoma, and moved to Clinton when he was in the fifth grade.  He
graduated from Clinton High School in 1965.  He played baseball for Yale
University, where he graduated in 1969.  He worked as a sports writher for
The Norman Transcript while attending law school at the University of
Oklahoma.  Upon receiving his degree, he began practicing law in Cheyenne,
Oklahoma.  He opened his Clinton practice in 1976.  He continued going to
his Cheyenne office two days a week for his entire career.  He was an active
member of the Custer County Bar Association and of state and national legal
organizations.  He was a past chariman of the Oklahoma Judicial Nominating
Committee.  He was on the board of directors of the Farmers Union
Cooperative Roylaty Company.  He served in the U.S. Army Reserves.  He was a
member of the First Methodist!

Church in Clinton, where he served a a lay leader, choir member and past
president of the Board of Trustees.

Jim Bob played football, basketball, and baseball for the Clinton Red
Tornadoes.  He played American Legion baseball.  Attending high school
sprots events in Clinton was a special passion.  He enjoyed coaching Little
League baseball teams and attending sprots events at OU and OSU.  His great
pleasure in lie was getting out in the country to enjoy nature.  He lovedc
to fly fish for trout in northern New Mexico and to hunt bobwhite quail in
western Oklahoma.

Jim Bob died on Sunday, January 20, 2002, while quial hunting with
friends near Cheyenne.

He was preceded in death by his parents, and his mother-in-law, Mary
Ford.  He is survived by his wife, Mary Lou Ford Wright, and two daughters,
Lauren and Rachel, of Clinton.

Memorial services for James R. Wright, Jr., was held Wednesday, January
23, 2002 at 3:30 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church.  Rev. Larry King
officiated.  Arrangements were under the direction of Kiesau Marler Funeral
Home, Clinton, Oklahoma.

The family request memorial donations be made to your favorite charity.

Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, Ok