Mr. Tilford Joe Wright
Beloved Father, Brother, Uncle, and Friend
Service Information
Friday, February 2, 2024
Family Hour: 11:00AM to 12:00PM
Remembrance Repose and Visitation: 12:00PM to 7:00PM
Normie & Hazel Wright State Room
of Serenity Mortuary-Jefferson
102 E. Douglas Street - Jefferson, TX 75657
Saturday, February 3, 2024
Public Viewing: 11:00 AM -11:45 AM
Celebration of Life Services: 12 Noon
Jefferson Jr. High School Auditorium
805 North Alley Street
Jefferson, TX 75657
Rev. Eddie R. Burns, Officiating
Interment
Judea Cemetery
Jefferson, Texas
Tilford Joe Wright, also known as TJ, was born on March 29, 1966, to the parentage of the late Normie L. Wright, Sr. and Hazel Hicks Wright, in Jefferson, Texas. He was the youngest son of ten children.
Tilford united with the Judea Baptist Church under the leadership of Reverend Bolden. He was baptized in the neighborhood pond. He received his education in the Jefferson Independent School District, Jefferson, Texas, and graduated in the Class of 1984. Tilford was an all-around athlete, from all district’s wide receiver and defensive back in football, to all district in track and baseball.
In May of 1984, Tilford was joined in holy matrimony to Teresa Love and to this union a son was born, Colreon.
Tilford was preceded in death by his parents: Normie and Hazel Wright, brother: Frank Wright, and sister: Juanita Wright Williams.