Jenkins, Carrie Copeland Wright

Carrie Copeland Wright Jenkins, 94, of Pulaski, went to rest in the arms of Jesus on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008. She was born in Wythe County on Feb. 19, 1913 and was the daughter of the late Walter and Lula Akers Copeland. She was also preceded in death by husbands David P. Wright and Otha Ray Jenkins, by a daughter and son-in-law, Daisy and Charles Ayers, by a son, Clyde D. Wright, by a son-in-law, Stearlin White and by one brother and three sisters.

She was a retired employee of Jefferson Mills, Pulaski, having 31 years of service.

Surviving are: her daughters, Vida White, Parma Heights, Ohio, Sue Ramsey, Pulaski; sons and daughters-in-law, Elmer and Irene Wright, Brookpark, Ohio, Jack and Sue Wright, Pulaski; step-children, Peggy Jones, Mike Jenkins; 11 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. from the Stevens Funeral Chapel, Pulaski. Burial will follow in the Highland Memory Gardens, Dublin. Visiting will be held Friday evening from Stevens Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m.

Arrangements by Stevens Funeral Home, Pulaski, Va.