W. Gregory Wright, IV, age 47, of Kinsale, passed away on June 1, 2016. He was the Director of Store Operations for Verizon Wireless and formerly worked with his father in the family businesses of Holyfield Photography and Kings Mill Photography. His passions were sports, particularly Steelers Football and Westmoreland County Little League.
Survivors include his mother, Elizabeth M. Russell of Tappahannock; his father, W. Gregory Wright, III (Patricia) of Kinsale; a sister, Jennifer Hoyt (Nathan) of Charlottesville; and an uncle, Art Wright. He was predeceased by his grandparents, Charles and Edwinetta Miller and Gregory and Frances Wright.
Services will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, June 4, 2016, at the Ebenezer United Methodist Church with the Rev. Rebecca Rumberg and the Rev. Garry Livermon officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm on Friday, June 3, 2016, at the Welch Funeral Home, Marks Chapel, 10300 Richmond Road, Warsaw, Virginia.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Essex County EMS, P. O. Box 583, Tappahannock, Virginia, 22560 or Westmoreland County Little League, 238 Drakes Marsh Drive, Colonial Beach, Virginia, 22443.
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