Robert Willis Wright, 80, of Perryton, Texas ran home to meet the Lord face to face on Friday, December 29, 2023.  Viewing will be on Tuesday (1/2/24) from 1:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. and Wednesday (1/3/24) from 9:00 a.m.- 9:00 p.m. at Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home in Perryton.  Funeral services will be held Thursday January 4, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Perryton, Texas officiated by Brother Pat Ray.  Burial will follow at Ochiltree Cemetery.  Arrangements are by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home, Inc. of Perryton, Texas.

Mr. Wright was born on April 18, 1943, in Beaver, Oklahoma to Gordon Willis Wright and Anna Mae Klapp.  He obtained his master's degree in biology from West Texas State University.  He married his wife, Paula Karen Montgomery, on August 27, 1966, in Perryton, Texas.  He taught high school biology a few years in Canyon, Texas and also taught high school science in Perryton in 1986.   His lifelong occupation, passed down from his father, was farming.  He was recipient of the Farmer of the Year award in 1995 for Ochiltree County.  He was a member of First Baptist Church in Perryton, Texas, where he served as a deacon.

Mr. Wright is survived by one son, Monte Wright and wife Donna, of Perryton, Texas; one daughter, Melanni Schollenbarger and husband, Jeff, of Perryton; one sister, Carol Story, of Wilmore, Kentucky; two grandsons, Andrew Wright of Chickasha, Oklahoma, and Jacob Schollenbarger of Lakewood, Colorado; and two granddaughters, Kylie Garr of Lewisville, Texas, and Lanie Schollenbarger of Arvada, Colorado.

Mr. Wright was preceded in death by his wife; and his parents.

The family requests memorials be to Ochiltree General Hospital Hospice, 3019 Main, Perryton, Texas, 79070; the Gideon's International, P. O. Box 254, Perryton, Texas; or to the Tornado Relief Fund of Perryton, in care of First Baptist Church, 415 S. Baylor, Perryton, Texas.