Jonathan "Jonny" Lee Wright, age 25, of Little Rock, Arkansas, passed away at home surrounded by family Thursday, August 23, 2018. He was born January 11, 1993 in Forrest City, Arkansas to Leamon Lee wright and Anna Lue Thornton. Skeeter, as he was affectionately called, enjoyed drawing, playing video games, and building models. He loved his family and motorcycles.
Skeeter beat the odds numerous times. He almost died at six months of age, which is when he was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis. He was told by doctors he wouldn’t live to be ten years old and then again at the age of sixteen. He was a CF Warrior and a fighter until the end.
He was preceded in death by one grandfather, Leamon Wright Sr. and one uncle, E.J. Worley.
In addition to his parents, he is survived by his wife, Tiffanie Roberts-Wright; sibilings, Tanner Lamar Wright, Tabitha Rose McCalister, Kristen Hope Wright, Zackary Cain Wright, and Madison Jean Wright; his children, Izaiea Dean Wright, Debbie, Robby, and Dino Fantegrossi; his grandparents, MaryLou and Lum Pickle and Donna and Wayne Hendrix; his aunts and uncles, David and Anita Walker, Mollie Pickle, Mona Pickle, Gloria Cross, Danny Joe Pickle, Jimmy Pickle, Eric Pickle, Lum Pickle, Sherry Finley, and Michael Pickle; his cousins, Daniel and Dana Worley, Alexandria Pipkin, Chandler, Ashley, and Danny Luepkes, Tanner Drake and Maegan Wright, Blake Sterling, Corey Kegan, Andrew Dale and Mary Elizabeth McCalister; Dustin Lee Wright, Joshua and Eli Pickle, and Jonathan Philips and Amelia Graham; special friends, Shawn King, Aimee Robertson, Matthew Malone, Josh Malone, Tanner Thurman, James Dennison, Caitlin and James Dennison, and all of his CF friends, and his bit pull, Xavier.
A memorial service is scheduled for 3:00 p.m., Saturday, September 1, 2018 at Trinity Pentecostal Church of God, 6310 Mabelvale Pike, Little Rock, AR 72209 with Pastor David Walker officiating.
In lieu of flowers, please consider memorial donations be made to Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (www.cff.org).
The family wishes to thank Doris Collins and all of the nursing staff at UAMS, Unit F6 and to the Kindred Hospice staff, especially Bernice, ReaAnn, Yvonne, and Lacey. They also wish to thank Ronald Heyer.
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