Margaret Sexton Wright

WOODFIN - MARGARET SEXTON WRIGHT, 84, OF 112 JONESTOWN ROAD DIED TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2001 AT HER RESIDENCE. A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY. SHE WAS A FORMER ACCOUNTANT AND BOOKKEEPER AND HAD INSTRUCTED META PHYSICS AND ESOTERIC SUBJECTS AT GUILFORD COLLEGE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE. MRS. WRIGHT WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE NORTH SHORE ANIMAL SHELTER IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A LIFELONG MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL MUSTANG ASSOCIATION, MEMBER OF THE NATURE CONSERVATORY, AUDUBON SOCIETY, GREENPIECE AND PRIMARY PRIMATES AND WAS OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH. SHE WAS A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE REV. JOHN HAMILTON SEXTON AND VONNIE PHILLIPS SEXTON AND THE WIFE OF ARTHUR LEE ABE WRIGHT WHO DIED JANUARY 1, 1994. MRS. WRIGHT WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY BROTHERS, RAYMOND KING AND JACK SEXTON. SURVIVING ARE HER SISTERS, MYRTLE ORVALINE AUSTIN OF GREENVILLE, S.C.; MUCH LOVED NIECE AND NEPHEW, RITA MARIE DE BRUHL HAYNES AND WILLIAM C. POLAND, JR. AND NIECES, SHARON COMBS, JANE AUSTIN WINFIELD, ROSALYN KING SEGLEM AND NEPHEWS, RANDOLPH KING AND PHILLIP KING AND A NUMBER OF GREAT NIECES AND NEPHEWS. MEMORIAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 2 P.M. SATURDAY IN THE CHAPEL OF ANDERS-RICE FUNERAL HOME WITH THE REV. J.C. PARKER OFFICIATING. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVCE FRIENDS FOLLOWING THE MEMORIAL SERVICES AT THE FUNERAL HOME. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE TO FRIENDS FOR ANIMALS, 72 LEES CREEK RD., ASHEVILLE, N.C. 28806 OR ONES FAVORITE CHARITY.