Chocolate Wright

Chocolate Turner Wright was born March 3, 1909 in Yazoo City, Mississippi. She was the daughter of the late Rev. Davison R. Turner and Emily Jefferson Turner. She departed this life at the age of 105 on Saturday, March 8, 2014 at the Regency Rehabilitation and Health Center in Wilmington, Delaware. Chocolate Wright spent her childhood and attended school in Yazoo City, Mississippi. She accepted Christ at an early age and was an active member of New Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Yazoo City before she moved to Florida. In Florida she worked many jobs, met and married her husband, George John Wright. She and her family relocated to Preston, Maryland in 1943. She was one of the organizers of the Harmony Missionary Baptist Church in Preston, Maryland (now Denton, Maryland), where she served as church secretary in several capacities, deaconess, choir member, program organizer and coordinator until her health began to fail. She loved working with youth and they loved her. She wrote and produced many plays for the youth and was well-known for her dramatic orations. Chocolate Wright was an outgoing Christian woman who loved everyone and always confessed her love for the Lord. An active member of several religious organizations and auxiliaries, she was faithful in helping others and worked diligently to bring others to Christ. She distributed religious pamphlets, made donations to feed the hungry of the world, and traveled extensively throughout the United States. She lived and worked in Wilmington, Delaware most of her adult life. She was a long-time resident of Herlihy Apartments before she was transferred to Regency, where she remained until her death. She was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; three sisters, Jessie Woods, Florence Thomas, and Ruby Turner; two brothers, Davison R. Turner, Jr. and Timothy Turner; two brothers-in-law, Rev. John W. Woods and Eddie Thomas; three sisters-in-law, Bettie Turner, Flora Turner, and Mildred Turner. She leaves to cherish her memory a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, church family members, and other dear, dear friends. To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of Chocolate Wright, please visit our Heartfelt Sympathies Store.

Chocolate Wright

March 3, 1909 - March 8, 2014