Johnny Junior Wright

Tahlequah, OK- Funeral services for Johnny Junior “Junebug” Wright will be held on Monday, July 27th, 2015 at 11:00 AM at the Reed-Culver Chapel with Pastor JE Cook officiating. Visitation will be held on Sunday, July 26th, 2015 from noon until 5:00 Pm at Reed-Culver Chapel. Interment will be held at Blue Springs Cemetery at a later date. Online condolences for the family may be left at www.reedculver.com.

Johnny Junior Wright was born on January 31st, 1943 in Pitcher, OK, the son of Walter and Bettsy (Kirk) Wright. He grew up with eight siblings, Harold, Bill, Viola, Margie, Johnny Clyde, Walter, Vina, and Jimmy. He served in the US Army in 1960 at Ft. Leonard Wood in Missouri. On June 5th, 1975, he married his wife, Kay Ellen Iliff in Peggs, OK, at the United Methodist Church. This union was blessed with three children and thirty eight years together. Junebug worked as a custodian for the Cherokee Elementary School in Tahlequah, OK. He enjoyed his job and liked making the environment for the children clean and tidy. When he had free time, Junebug liked to watch TV and enjoyed wrestling and soap operas. He loved to visit with his brothers and share a cup of coffee. He enjoyed being outdoors and like to swim and picnic. He was happiest when surrounded by his family. He had a delightful sense of humor, was funny and had a way of turning popcans into the loudest whistles to catch his children’s attention. He was very proud of his grandchildren, and every moment in their company was wonderful to Junebug. His beloved wife Kay passed in 2014, and not long after, Junebug’s health began to fail. A Christian by faith, Junebug was called to his eternal home on July 23rd, 2015 at his home in Tahlequah with his family by his side. He was 72 years old. He will be greatly missed.

Junebug is preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Jimmy Charles.

Those left to cherish his memory include his three children, Johnny Russell Wright and companion Jessica of Arkansas, Tammy Wright and companion Armando Cantu of Tahlequah, OK, and Carla Jennings and husband Ray of Stilwell, OK. His legacy lives on in his grandchildren, Justin Layne, Sarah Wright, Derick Wright, Brionka Magareno, Russell Wright, Eric Wright, Anna Jennings, and Mason Jennings, as well as many nieces, nephews, cousins and a host of friends and loved ones.