BLOOMINGTON — Rev. Everett Likens Wright Jr., 84, of Bloomington, died Saturday at Bloomington Hospital.
Born July 28, 1923, in New Albany, he was the son of Everett Wright Sr. and Blanche Jordan Wright.
He was a retired United Methodist minister, with 48 years of active ministry. He served churches in Paoli, Morristown, Connersville, Evansville, Indianapolis, Rockport, Bloomfield, Vincennes, Fort Branch, Shelbyville and Bloomington. He also served as the chaplain at Beck Chapel on the campus of Indiana University. He was very active in South Indiana Annual Conference Christian Education and Outdoor Ministry.
He married his wife, Patti, on April 1, 1951.
Survivors include his wife, Patricia ‘Patti' Wright; four daughters, Virginia Haywood-Bass of Parkersburg, WV, Cynthia Wright-Lepoidvin of Indianapolis, Connie Vest of Bloomfield and Judy Seitzinger of Lawrenceville, Ill.; one son, Richard A. Wright of Indianapolis; 14 grandchildren, 4 great-grandchildren and one brother, James Wright of Louisville, Ky.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Mark's United Methodist Church, with Rev. James Ramsey officiating. Burial will be at Valhalla Memory Garden.