Posted on 02/22/2019
James C. Wright "Jim," 84, died Tuesday, February 19, 2019.
Jim was the youngest son of the late Ella Mae Young Wright and Robert Douglas Wright. Jim grew up in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. He was class of '58 from the US Naval Academy and served on board submarines, USS Clamagore and USS Trout and as the navigator on the USS Oklahoma City. Jim earned commendation medals for his service in Lebanon, Korea, Cuba and Vietnam.
After the Navy, he joined EG&G Washington Analytical Services Company for 11 years and then Raytheon Service Company in Newport, RI for 24 years until he retired in 2013. Jim Moved to Spartanburg, SC in 2014 and is survived by his wife of 61 years, Barbara Falkenbury "Bobbi," his daughter Martha Chapman "Muffet" (Norman) and two granddaughters, Martha and Catherine. A service will be held Monday, February 25 at 4:00 at the Episcopal Church of the Advent, 141 Advent Street Spartanburg, SC His ashes will be interred in the family plot in Bobbi's hometown of Glens Falls, NY. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to: The 1958 Larson Award Endowment. P.O. Box 79169 Baltimore, MD 21279 Attn: USNA Foundation. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.JMDunbar.com. Dunbar Funeral Home & Crematory
Published in Newport Daily News from Feb. 21 to Feb. 23, 2019