Dr. Jack Wright died at home on February 6, 2007. He was born in Opp, Alabama on April 11,1916, to Carrie Foreman Wright and James Jackson Wright. At the age of nine, he moved to Hot Springs to live with his older brother, Dr. Homer K. Wright.
He graduated from Hot Springs High School in 1932, the University of Illinois in 1936 and Johns Hopkins Medical School in 1940. He served as an intern at Emergency Hospital in Washington, D.C., and as surgical resident at Grady Hospital in Atlanta, Ga. from 1944 to 1947. Jack served as a captain in the United States Army and was stationed in the Pacific. After another residency in Minot, North Dakota, he returned to Hot Springs, where he had a private medical practice from 1948 until 1972. At that time, he became the physician for Reynolds Metals, until he retired in 1982.
Jack was a Fellow of the American College of Surgery and a Diplomat of the American Board of Surgery. He was a charter member of Oaklawn Rotary Club and a member of Lake Valley Community Church.
He was an avid tennis player from childhood, playing at Hot Springs High School, the University of Illinois and in state and national tournaments. Jack won titles over nine decades, including two silver medals in singles and a gold medal in mixed doubles at the National Senior Olympics and his last gold medals in singles and mixed doubles in the Arkansas Senior Olympics at the age of 90.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Baldwin Wright; three sons and daughters-in-law: Dr. William Jackson Wright and wife Sarah, the Honorable Judge John Homer Wright and wife Karen, and Jack Baldwin Wright and wife Twila; seven grandchildren: Dr. Cody Wright and wife Keri, Matthew Wright and wife Ruthie, Joshua Wright and wife Emily, David Wright, Susannah Wright, Mary Elizabeth Wright, and Jack Paris Wright; and four great-grandchildren.
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