The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Thursday, February 1, 1996             TAG: 9602010275
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                            LENGTH: Short :   25 lines

RICKEY M. WRIGHT

Rickey M. Wright, of the 700 block of East 26th St., died Jan. 29, 1996.

He was a native of Princess Ann County.

He is survived by his father, James M. Wright of Emporia, Va.; sister, Geannette W. Spellman of Virginia Beach; two brothers, Sterling Johnson and Michael A. Wright, both of Virginia Beach; grandfather, Johnny Gordon of Virginia Beach; stepmother, Dorothy L. Wright; and a host of aunts, uncles, other relatives and friends. He was predeceased by his mother, Frances G. Wright.

A funeral will be conducted at noon Friday by Elder Nathaniel Ford Jr. in Community Funeral Home, Norfolk Chapel. Burial is in Riverside Cemetery, Norfolk. The family will receive friends at 5403 Grand Lake Crescent, Virginia Beach.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB