TISHOMINGO – Timothy Carlile Wright, 61, passed away Monday, March 13, 2023, at NMMC in Tupelo, MS. He was born in Red Bay, Alabama to Carlile and Bernice Orrick Wright. He was a member of Tishomingo Baptist Church. Tim worked at HEIL in Tishomingo for many years and was employed at Cherokee Nitrogen for the last 20 years.
Funeral services will be Friday, March 17, at 1 p.m. at Deaton Funeral Home Chapel, Belmont, with Kirby McRae officiating. Burial will be in Tishomingo City Cemetery. Deaton Funeral Home, Belmont, MS will be in charge of arrangements.
He is survived by his wife, Patti Wright; his children, Kelsey Sanders, Kaid Wright, Karlie Wright, and Brandon, Zach and Dalton Cato; his grandchildren, Addison, River, Clint, Cash, Harper, and Owen; his father, Carlile Wright; sister, Pattie Day; niece, Hannah Ayers (Chandler); father and mother-in-law, Larry and Linda Masterson; brother-in-law, Terry Masterson (Lynn) and special niece, Kilee Jo.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Bernice Orrick Wright.
Pallbearers will be Don Gattis, Rick Gattis, Tim Belue, Gary Burcham, Jerry Barnes, K.R. Thompson, Tom Nunley and Doug Nunley. Honorary pallbearers will be Kent McClung, Dan Starkey, Jim Southward, Eddie Nunley and James Crowell. Visitation will be Friday, March 17, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. at Deaton Funeral Home, Belmont, Mississippi.