Obituary of Cecil Wayne Wright

Services for Cecil Wayne Wright, 57, Overton will be at 10:30 am, Wednesday, September 21, at Victory Road Baptist Church in Kilgore, with Reverend Johnny Williams officiating. Burial will be in Overton City Cemetery. Arrangements are under direction of Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home. Mr. Wright passed away Sunday, September 18, 2016 at his residence. He was born December 19, 1958 in Overton to Kenneth Wayne Wright and the late Virginia Webster Wright. He was a lifelong resident of Overton and graduated from Overton High School. He was a former employee of WKM in Kilgore where he worked as a sandblaster. He loved his animals, gardening, collecting antiques, and he was excellent when it came to telling jokes. Survivors include his father, Kenneth Wright, Laird Hill, three sisters and two brothers-in-law, Terry and Kelly Gounah, New London, Cindy and Steve Carpenter, Longview, and Mary Kay Endsley, Kilgore; seven nieces and nephews, Heather Evans, Blaine Weiterman, Tara Peck, Ashley Jones, Jessica Norman, Halie Edney, and Hillarie Endsley; and numerous great nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Blaine Weiterman, Craig Wright, Tracy Evans, Chris Jones, Jason Moore, Jeffery Moore and Kevin Moore.