IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Tellie Hugh

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Wright

November 19, 1956 – August 18, 2025

Obituary

TELLIE HUGH WRIGHT WAS BORN TO THE PARENTAGE OF RUFUS AND MARGIE WRIGHT ON 11/19/1956 IN GRAPEVINE, TEXAS. TELLIE WAS 5TH OF 12 CHILDREN. PRECEEDING HIM IN DEATH:  HIS FATHER, RUFUS WRIGHT, MOTHER MARGIE WRIGHT, AND TWO OLDER BROTHERS RUFUS WRIGHT  AND JESSIE WRIGHT. HE ACCEPTED CHRIST AT AN EARLY AGE IN DALLAS, TX.

TELLIE RECEIVED HIS EDUCATION IN DALLAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS. AS AN HONOR STUDENT, HE ATTENDED SOUTH OAK CLIFF HIGH SCHOOL AND PARTICIPATED ON THE FAMOUS SOC FOOTBALL TEAM. HE GRADUATED CLASS OF 1975 AS A SOUTH OAK CLIFF GOLDEN BEAR. AFTER GRADUATING TELLIE PROCEEDED TO GO TO WORK AT DALWORK CARPET CLEANING FOR 10 PLUS YEARS, WHERE HE BECAME A MANAGER. HE ENJOYED TALKING TRASH, SITTING IN THE YARD AT HIS PARENTS HOUSE, AND ENJOYING HIS FAMILY, KIDS AND FRIENDS.

MOURNING HIS PASSING AND CHERISHING HIS MEMORIES ARE HIS LIFE PARTNER: JACQUELINE PRICE, KIDS: TAMMY WRIGHT, CHASITY LEWIS, TYRA WRIGHT AND TAJI PRICE AND ONE GRANDCHILD: ESSENCE LEWIS.

BROTHERS: LEWIS WRIGHT(PATRICIA), EARL WRIGHT, CHRISTOPHER WRIGHT, HENRY WRIGHT, KELVIN WRIGHT AND MATTHEW WRIGHT. SISTERS: BRENDA MCLANE(CHARLES), FRENDA JACKSON(JOSEPH), IRIS JEFFERSON(VINCENT), NANICE PEMBERTON(ALVIN): AND A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.

Funeral Services

Walk thru Visitation

September
4

Evergreen Memorial Funeral Home

6449 University Hills BLVD, Dallas, TX 75241

3:00 - 8:00 pm

Celebration of Life

September
5

Evergreen "Peggy Jo Mayse" Chapel

6449 University Hills BLVD, Dallas, TX 75241

Starts at 12:30 pm

Final Earthly Resting Place

September
5

Starts at 2:00 pm

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