COLUMBIA - A funeral service for Quitman Marshall Wright, Sr., 94, will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, June 1, 2019 at Dunbar Funeral Home, Dutch Fork Chapel, with burial in Greenlawn Memorial Park with full military honors. The family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. Friday, May 31, 2019, at the funeral home.
Mr. Wright passed away Tuesday, May 28, 2019. Born in Los Angeles, CA on May 2, 1925, he was a son of the late Gordon Calhoun Wright and Elizabeth DeBruhl Marshall.
Mr. Wright served in the U.S. Air Force as a fighter pilot during the Korean Conflict and Vietnam War. He retired after 25 years as a Major and then went on to sell life insurance for Appalachian Life for 25 years. He was a member and volunteer of the Mended Hearts Club and a member of the Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce and was also an avid golfer. Marshall was a loving and patient husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and brother.
Surviving are his wife, Dixie C. Wright of Irmo; sons, Marty Wright of Chapin, Rick Wright of Columbia and Doug Wright (Leslie) of Ridgeville; daughter, Sara W. Gainey (David) of Irmo; seven grandchildren, Rebecca Esquiel-Rodriguez, Chandler Wright, Lauren Wright, Preston Gainey, Adam Gainey, Ricky Wright, and Annie Wright; two great-grandchildren; and other family members in Alabama and Tennessee.
In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his sisters, Mary Sullivan Robinson and Betty Wright.
Memorials may be made to a charity of one’s choice.
Please sign the online guestbook at www.dunbarfunerals.com.
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