He and his wife Joan B. Wright were married for 54 years. He was a Master Mason in the Bandera Lodge No.1123 A. F. & A. M. He was a decorated veteran in World War II and the Korean conflict. He was a Civil Engineering Technician for 35 years.
He is survived by his wife Joan B. Wright, sons Gary Richard Wright and wife Elizabeth, Donald Mark Wright and wife Genie, Thomas Roy Wright, Daughter Karen Jo Loeffler and husband Ernie, granddaughter Traci Rachelle Wright, grandson Travis Ross Wright, sister Barbara Reger and husband Paul, brother Richard A. Wright and wife Betty, and numerous nieces and nephews