Dwight Donnell Wright

Dwight Donnell Wright, a Ruston native, at the age of 59, passed away suddenly on September 18, 2023.

On March 18, 1964, Dwight was born to the union of Isaac and Verlena Calloway Wright. He is the fourth child of ten. Dwight served in the United States Army and after his service he enjoyed his life on the road as a truck driver.

Dwight enjoyed family, music and sports, meeting and entertaining numerous friends and working with his uncle “Pete”on his land … whether with the cows, horses, tractors or the broken and damaged cars.

Dwight is preceded in death by his parents, Isaac and Verlena Calloway Wright; paternal grandparents, Robert and Annie Wright; maternal grandparents, Charles Calloway and Earline Sherman; niece, Jasmine Wright; and brother- in- law, Alton Pruitt.

Dwight leaves to cherish in his memories, a daughter, Whitney Wright; Siblings, Mark Wright (Marilyn), Alisa Wright-Nesby ( James), Bruce Wright ( Stephanie), Karen Wright, Remonia Wright-Pruitt, Derrick Wright (Annetta), Kevin Wright, Patrick Wright (LaQuanda), and Dr. LaTonya Wright-Johnson ( Stevie); and his uncle, Pete Becks Jr.; nieces and nephews, great niece, great uncles, great aunts, and a host of other relatives and friends.

Memorial service for Dwight will take place Thursday, September 28, 2023, at 1 p.m. at Mount Harmony Missionary Baptist Church located at 210 Mount Harmony Church Road in Ruston. Funeral service is entrusted to Paradise Funeral Home in Arcadia.