Jane Louise Harris Wright

Funeral services for Jane Louise Harris Wright, 70, of Washington will be held Friday, February 10, 2006, at 2:00 p.m., at Ebenezer Baptist Church with Rev. Albert W. Huyck Jr. officiating. Interment will be at Smith’s Mill Cemetery near the old Smith Family homesite on Clark’s Hill Lake. Mrs. Wright died Monday, February 6, at University Hospital in Augusta, following a struggle with cancer.

“Miss Jane,” as she was known by her kindergarten students, was a native of Wilkes County and was the daughter of the late Mary Emerson Fluker Harris and the late Waldo Putnam Harris II. She attended elementary school in Thomson, and graduated from Washington High School. She earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Art Education from Stetson University in Deland, Fla. Her husband, Maj. David L. Wright of Washington, built a career in the U.S. Air Force following Annapolis Naval Academy graduation. Mrs. Wright taught art and/or kindergarten at most locations where her husband was stationed, beginning her own professional career as an art teacher in the Dade County Public School System, Homestead, Fla. Other teaching locations included Taranto, Italy, where she specialized in the Montessori Method, White Sands Missile Range, N.M., and Cocoa Beach, Fla. After returning to her native Washington, she taught kindergarten at the First Baptist Church until her retirement in 1995.

Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Adrienne Wright and Michael G. Albrecht of Evans; three grandchildren, Rachel, Michael Jr., and Emily Albrecht; three brothers, Dr. Joseph B. Harris, Washington, Rev. John S. Harris, Pelham, Ala., and Thomas Mercer Harris, Brandon, Miss.; and a sister, Ruth E. Harris, Washington.

Pallbearers will include Dr. Joseph B. Harris, Rev. John S. Harris, Thomas M. Harris, Michael G. Albrecht Jr., George W. Harris, and James Poplin.

Visitation will be on Thursday, February 9, from 6 to 8 p.m., at Hopkins Funeral Home in Washington.

Memorial contributions may be made to the First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 603, Washington 30673 (playground fund), or the American Cancer Society, 2623 Washington Road, Augusta 30904.

Hopkins Funeral Home of Washington is in charge of arrangements.
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