Jim Wright

Friday, January 7, 2022

Jim Wright, 66, of Blytheville, passed away Monday, Jan. 3, 2022, at Arkansas Continued Care Hospital in Jonesboro.

Jim was born in Albany, Ga., to Jerry and Louise McDonald Frazer. He was a former crane operator at Nucor Hickman. He served his country with honor in the United States Air Force. Jim was an avid sports enthusiast and enjoyed watching the St. Louis Cardinals and the Philadelphia Flyers hockey team. He even played baseball as a young child. Jim enjoyed being outdoors and going fishing and cooking. His greatest passion was music. Jim was an exceptional musician and played with most of the local bands throughout music career.

He was preceded in death by his parents; and sister, Sandra Frazer.

Jim is survived by his wife, Angela Sadler Wright; step-children, Jackie Sadler of Chaffee, Mo., Amanda Sadler of Chaffee, Mo., and Jon Sadler of Las Cruces, N.M.; grandchildren, Evan Tellor, Mattilyn Sadler, Emma Ramanayake, Landynn Sadler and Wyatt Sadler; brothers, Michael Wright of Pompano Beach, Fla., Nick Frazer and his wife Andrea of Jonesboro and Ros Serrano of Pompano Beach, Fla.; and sister, Angela D. Neal and her husband Gary of Blytheville.

Funeral services will be held Friday, Jan. 7, at 2 p.m. in the Cobb Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in Number 8 Cemetery in Cooter, Mo. The family will receive friends from 1 p.m. until service time at Cobb Funeral Home. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.cobbfuneralhome.com.