home on Jan. 06, 2021 at her home in Sherman, Texas,
surrounded by family members.
Judy was born on January 25, 1945 in Baltimore, Maryland to
Dorothy Jon Tittle Wright and Fred Boone Wright, where her
father was stationed while serving in the United States Coast
Guard during World War II. She was the eldest of their four
children.
After the war, the family returned home to North Texas, where
Judy was raised primarily in Nocona and Denton. She graduated
from Denton High School and the North Texas State University,
as a Speech & Drama major.
After graduation, Judy worked mainly as an educator. She began
her teaching career at Spring Branch Memorial High School in
Houston. Over the years, she taught Freshman English at what is
now the University of North Texas, while in graduate school, and
English as a Second Language (ESL) in the Dallas County
Community College system and the Carrollton-Farmers Branch
I.S.D. Eventually, she moved to Sherman, Texas, where she
taught ESL and GED classes in Grayson and Fannin Counties for
Education Plus and the Grayson College system. Also, she
worked for several years at Grayson County Juvenile Alternatives
/ North Texas Youth Connection.
Judy was preceded in death by her parents and sister Olivia
“Libby” Holt and husband Dwain of the Sherman/Denison area.
She is survived by her brother Rusty Wright and wife Betty of
Denton and sister Beth Sandidge and husband Tom of Sherman,
numerous nieces and nephews and their families and former
brother-in-law and close friend Troy Sanders of Denison.
A member of Life Fellowship Church in McKinney, Judy’s wish is
for her ashes to be spread in the Redwood Forest of California,
which was her favorite place from her travels with her former
husband, Larry Lehman. The family and friends will celebrate her
life at a date to be determined, after the COVID-19 situation
settles down.
The family wishes to thank the staff members of Texas Oncology,
Texoma Medical Center, Cedar Hollow Rehabilitation Center and
Visionary Hospice Care for their services in Judy’s final months.
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