Ernest Lee Wright^{[1, 2]}

1956 - 2016  (60 years)

• Name	Ernest Lee Wright
  Born	26 Jan 1956
  Gender	Male
  Died	6 Oct 2016  [3]
  Buried	9 Oct 2016	Hurst Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee   [4]
  Person ID	I169483	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	8 Jan 2017

  
  

  Father	Sam Wright,   b. 28 Sep 1913,   d. 14 Oct 1992  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Emma Lee Ogle,   b. 16 Aug 1925, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 20 Sep 1993  (Age 68 years)
  Married	26 Jul 1949	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Family ID	F42069	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Gail McCoig
  Married	Abt 1976
  Children	+ 1. Christy Wright   2. Kellyn Wright
  Family ID	F63955	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Buried - 9 Oct 2016 - Hurst Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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  [S74] Atchley Funeral Home Records, Volume IV, 1987-1999, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 20 Sep 1993. Emma Lee Ogle Wright obituary [S23] Atchley Funeral Home, (http://www.atchleyfuneralhome.com/), 22 Dec 2011. Stanley C. McCoig obituary [S23] Atchley Funeral Home, (http://www.atchleyfuneralhome.com/), 6 Oct 2016. January 26, 1956 - October 6, 2016 Resided in Pigeon Forge, TN Ernest Lee Wright, age 60 of Pigeon Forge went to be with his Lord and Savior on Thursday, October 6, 2016. He was a member of Hurst Chapel Baptist Church. He spent most of his life working as a chef in Sevierville and Gatlinburg. He was a wonderful husband, father, and papaw. He was preceded in death by his parents, Sam and Emma Lee Wright, mother and father-in-law, Bonnie and Stanley McCoig, sisters, Addie Elmore and Sussie Reagan. Ernest is survived by his wife of 41 years, Gail Wright, his daughters Christy Blalock and husband Andy, Kellyn Adams and husband Cameron; grandson Henry Blalock; sisters Judy Garrett and husband J.D., Mamie Huskey and husband Tom, Ada Coffey and husband Jerry, Louise Sweet and husband Bob; sisters-in-law Judy McCoig, Sue Ward, Kim Eberhardt and husband David; brother-in-law Ted McCoig and wife Debbie, special friends Ted and Rhonda Cogdill, Jeff and Judy Blalock, and Sandi Prichard. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Atchley Funeral Home to benefit the family. Special thanks to Dr. Michelle Liebman and the staff at Thompson Cancer Survival Center for their exceptional care for the past 4 years. Also, many thanks to Nicci, Trish, and Jayme at Smoky Mountain Hospice for all their love, encouragement, and support. The family will receive friends from 1-3PM Sunday with funeral service to follow at 3PM at Hurst Chapel Baptist Church with Rev. Jeff Blalock and Rev. Ted McCoig officiating. Interment will follow in Hurst Chapel Cemetery with Rev. Jack Ogle officiating. Online condolences may be made at www.atchleyfuneralhome.com. [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 170967464).