Charlene Wright was born on December 3, 1931, in Hinton, OK to Charley and Clara (Epton) Erickson. Charlene passed away on December 17, 2024, in Weatherford, OK at the age of 93. She grew up near Hinton.  Charlene attended Walnut School as a child and graduated from Hinton High School. She married J.C. Wright on January 6, 1951, in El Reno, OK; together they raised their sons, Ronnie and Danny. Throughout the years, Charlene worked at the office at Cedar Lake, drove a school bus, worked in kindergarten, and worked at the Hampton’s grocery Store. Every Sunday, Charlene had breakfast with her boys. She was also known as the Sunday cook, cooking for big groups; people in town liked to use their home for home base. She was a member of the Dorcas Quilt Club, enjoyed playing cards and dominoes. Charlene lived a very blessed life and accepted all people. She was a member of the Scott Baptist Church most of her life and later joined First Baptist Church in Hinton.

Survivors Include: her sons, Ronnie Wright and wife Kim of Hinton, OK, and Danny Wright and wife Donna of Hinton, OK, her grandchildren, Jaci Wright, Michael Wright and wife Claudia, Seth Wright and wife Kelly, Micah Wright, Lonnie Wright and wife Karen, and Libby Wright, great grandchildren, Danni Wright, Tess, Waylon, and Levi Wright, Taylir Wright, Haley Wright and Justin Branen, Jacob Wright, Lily Wright, and Brynn Wright, her great-great grandchildren, Myla and Cutter as well as many other relatives and friends.

Charlene was preceded in death by her parents, Charley and Clara Erickson, her husband, J.C. Wright, her grandson, Clay Wright, her siblings, Carl, LeRoy, Cecil, Jack, and Oscar Wright, Kathryn Benninga, LaVena Hudgens, Betty Wright, and Lena Wiatt.

Services: 10AM, Friday, December 20, 2024, First Baptist Church, Hinton, OK

Officiating:  Rev. Keith Gillham and Mr. Jimie -Wray Mead

Burial:  Niles Cemetery, Hinton, OK 

Services are under the direction of Turner Funeral Home, Hinton, OK.

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