Bill was born March 22, 1927 in Baton Rouge to the late Louise Percy Wright and William Heard Wright, Sr. He was a longtime resident of Baton Rouge and retired to St. Francisville. Bill passed away Wednesday afternoon at his residence in St. Francisville. Very active in local business and politics, he was the retired owner of Wright Insurance Agency and Wright&Percy Insurance, serving as president from 1968 until 1994 and Chairman of the Board and CEO until 1999. He was ahttp://www.legacy.com/memorial-sites/navy/?personid=166035923&affiliateID=1382" id="InlineMicrositeLink_Navy" target="_blank" title="Visit Navy Memorial Site to see similar profiles">U.S. Navyveteran serving in the Pacific in the 1940's, and was one of the original group of owners who brought the Saint's football team to New Orleans. Bill was a leader in multiple insurance industry associations and organizations, member of the Baton Rouge Assembly, Felicianians Club, Profits Investment Club, Kappa Alpha Order, Baton Rouge Country Club and The City Club of Baton Rouge. He served on various boards including United Companies Financial Corporation, City National Bank, past national fund chairman for the LSU Alumni Foundation, LSU Foundation, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Our Lady of the Lake Foundation, Advisory Board of the LSU College of Business Administration, and Board of Visitors of Episcopal High School. The LSU Endowed Chair for Financial Services is in his name. He was a member of St. James Episcopal Church and Grace Episcopal Church. Bill is survived by his wife Madeline Noland Wright; children, William Heard Wright, III, Scottie Wright McKnight and her husband, Markham R. McKnight, and Charlotte Wright; step children, Rosalie Reymond and Bill Reymond and his wife Betsy; grandchildren, Bill Heard Wright, IV and his wife Sandy, Bryan Wright and his wife Aprille, Jonathan Wright, Caroline Wright, Casey Upton and her husband Brad Upton, Daniel McKnight and his wife Gina, Scott McKnight and his wife Elizabeth, Ellis McKnight and fiancé Devon Bardin, William McKnight and his wife Lane and Patrick Wright; step grandchildren, Ben, David and Mark Reymond; great grandchildren, Mason, Braedan, Ivy, Cameron, Parker and Amelia Wright, Markham, Russell and Luke McKnight, and Brady and Bree Upton. He is preceded in death by his first wife, Mary Arwin "Pat" Patrick Wright. Visiting will be at Rabenhorst Funeral Home, 825 Government Street Friday evening from 4 pm until 6:30 pm. Visiting will continue at Grace Episcopal Church, 621 Ferdinand Street, St. Francisville Saturday from 9 am until religious services at 10 am. Interment will follow in Grace Episcopal Cemetery. His grandsons will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers are Dr. O.M. Thompson, Jr., G. Allen Penniman, Daniel Mundinger, J. Noland Singletary, Robert M. Stuart, Sr., Bishop Robert C. Witcher, Dr. Carl Luikart and Michael Selders. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to LSU Foundation, Pennington Biomedical Center, Grace Church Cemetery Fund or the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank.
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