Joanne Wright

Mrs. Joanne Malone (Irick) Wright, age 88 of Dallas, Georgia passed away on March 22, 2025. Joanne was born in Andersonville, Tennessee to the late Tillus Irick and the late Wanda Pauline Humphrey Irick. After graduating from Norris High School in 1955, she earned a Business Certificate at Knoxville Business School and went on to work for the Knoxille News Sentinel. She married Max Louis Wright in 1957, and they made their home in Anderson County, Tennessee where they raised their three daughters. She was a devoted wife, mother, daughter and homemaker who loved her Lord and Savior. She spent time daily reading her bible and learning scripture which she taught to her daughters and to her Sunday School students at Zion Hill Baptist Church in Heiskell, Tennessee.

Joanne and her husband retired to the area of Paulding County, Georgia where she was a member of Concord Baptist Church in Temple, Georgia. During Joanne's years in Tennessee and in Georgia, she enjoyed working in her vegetable and flower gardens. She loved growing roses and preserved many of the fruits and vegetables she and her husband grew. She was an accomplished seamstress and enjoyed sewing for her girls. She was very gifted at sketching and drawing and especially enjoyed working with charcoal. After successfully completing an art course she produced some beautiful drawings. She enjoyed music and loved playing the piano and organ even in her later years.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 59 years, Max Wright on December 9, 2016 and her sister, Brenda Goforth.

She is survived by her three daughters, Gwen (David) Forbes of Clinton, TN, Sonya (James) Ransom of Dallas, GA, and Vicki (John) Rutherford of Kingsland, GA; six grandchildren, Abigail (Kyle) Ruth, Amelia (Will) Grifenhagen, Brooke (Colby) Taylor, Samuel Forbes, Joshua Forbes, Harrison Rutherford; four great-grandchildren; Annalise Ruth, Maxwell Ruth, Riley Taylor, and Madison Taylor; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Visitation for family and friends will be held on Tuesday, March 25, 2025 from 1:00 PM until 3:00 PM at the Clark Funeral Home. Funeral services for Mrs. Wright will follow the visitation at 3:00 PM in Sam Clark Chapel with Rev. Don Rackley officiating. Interment will follow in the Concord Baptist Church Cemetery of Temple, Georgia with David Forbes, James Ransom, John Rutherford, Samuel Forbes, Joshua Forbes, and Harrison Rutherford serving as pallbearers.

Joanne Malone Wright will forever be remembered for her kindness, her love, her faith in God, and her commitment to her family. As we say goodbye, we find comfort in knowing that her legacy will continue to inspire those who had the privilege of knowing her.

Her family would like to give a special thanks for her care to Kimberly Personal Care Home and to Agape Hospice.

Clark Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted with the services for Mrs. Joanne Malone (Irick) Wright.