Ms. Judith (Judy) Ann Wright Carr, age 77, passed away Friday, January 3, 2020, at Jackson Madison County General Hospital. Her Memorial Service will be conducted Saturday, January 11, 2020, at 11 AM in the St. John’s United Methodist Church, 1207 Peabody Ave., Memphis, TN 38104.
Ms. Carr was born on October 5, 1942. She was a member of the D.A.R., a volunteer for the Memphis Blues Society and the Bonafide Blues Fest in Memphis, a girl scout leader, a member of the Body & Soul Group and Silver Sneakers Group. She was a member of Hickory Withe Baptist Church where she taught Sunday School and sang in the choir. She was attending St. John’s UMC in Memphis.
She was preceded in death by her significant other, Bill Glenn and her parents, James Alexander Wright and Fannie Leona Nivens Wright Davis. She is survived by her son, Grady L. Carr III, Brownsville, TN, step son, Keith Glenn (Sherri) of Missouri, a daughter, Angela Ghoreishi, Memphis, TN, step daughter, Angie Glenn, Wisconsin, a brother, Joe Wright, Memphis, TN, four grandchildren, thirteen step grandchildren and her fur babies, Captain Shiloh B. Gurley and The Divine Miss M. Memorials are requested to the Papa Don McMinn Humanitarian Fund (memphisbluessociety.com) or Phoenix Children’s Charity Fund, 617 Pryor Dr., West Memphis, Arkansas 72301.