Joseph Buryel Wright Obituary (1932 - 2007)

Mr. Joseph Buryel Wright, 75, of Madisonville, KY, died Sunday, June 24, 2007, at 9:43 P.M., at the Regional Medical Center in Madisonville. \ Born June 18, 1932, in Onton, KY, he was the son of the late Lois Z. Wright and Cy Ocie Nance Wright. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Betty Scott Wright on November 15, 2001; four brothers, Chester Wright, L. Z. Wright, Helburn Faye Wright and Herschel Wright and four sisters, Virginia Maidlow, Corene Brooks, Agnes Zachary and Junelle Ebling. \ He was a member of Liberty Baptist Church in Madisonville. He retired after 38 years with Island Creek Fies Coal Mines. He was a Kentucky Colonel and a U. S. Army Korean War veteran. \ Mr. Wright is survived by his wife, Joan Hancock Wright of Madisonville; four daughters, Beverly Lander of Manitou, KY, Belinda Hibbs and Tonya Cunningham, both of Madisonville, and Lisa Leet of Dalton, KY; three step-sons, Gene Ballard of Jacksonville, FL, and Stephen Ballard and Benjamin Ballard, both of Evansville, IN; two sisters, Katherine Crabtree of Evansville and Nancy Cunningham of Kansas; seven granddaughters and three great grandchildren. \ Funeral services will be Wednesday, June 27, 2007, at 11:00 A.M., at Liberty Baptist Church with Bro. Tondra Daugherty officiating. Burial will follow in Springdale Cemetery in Sebree, KY. \ Pallbearers will be Bobby Cunningham, Dave Lander, Sam Leet, Larry Hibbs, Tony Space and Tait Cavanaugh. \ Visitation will be Tuesday from 4:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. at Barnett-Strother Funeral Home and from 10:00 A.M. until the service time on Wednesday at Liberty Baptist Church. \ Memorials may take the form of donations to Liberty Baptist Church Building Fund. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home. \