Patricia Anne Davis Wright

Patricia Anne Davis Wright, 92, died peacefully in her sleep on Friday, May 9, 2025. Pat was born May 5, 1933 in a farmhouse in Maysville, Georgia to Mary Lee Wilson Davis and Albert Ashley Davis, Sr. She attended elementary and Sunday schools in Georgia at Webbs Creek Baptist Church, founded by the Wilson Family. Her family moved to Atlanta, Jacksonville and finally Hialeah, Florida while her mother began working for the then-new National Airlines, following her father’s death in 1941. She graduated from Miami Edison High School in 1949 where she was in the SubDebs Service Club, the Newspaper and Yearbook Staff and developed her passion for writing. She also loved arts and sewed all of her own clothes, an art she continued through most of her life. After high school, her mother put her on a plane and sent her to Florida State University to pursue her degree in Art Education. At FSU, Pat was a member of Alpha Chi Omega Sorority and became the Seminole of the family. One year during college, she needed a ride from Miami to Gainesville to meet her then-boyfriend for a dance at UF. A young man named Wilson Wright charged her $2.00 to ride in his first convertible and gave her what would become the ride of her life. They became engaged and married on May 14, 1955, while he was serving his AFROTC obligation at Lowry Air Force Base in Denver, Colorado. After his honorable discharge from the Air Force, they intended to return to Miami where Wilson would practice law. Instead, they came to Tallahassee for a brief assignment in the Attorney General’s office. He and Pat came to love Tallahassee and made it their permanent residence. Pat then returned to FSU and finished her degree while working as a teller at Tallahassee Federal Savings and Loan. While raising their two daughters she became a Brownie and Girl Scout Leader, and active in Parent Teacher Organizations at Sealey, Timberlane, Raa and Leon High Schools. She was an active member of the Junior Women’s Club and loved her Sabal Palm Circle of the Tallahassee Garden Club. She worked for both the Tallahassee and Florida Chambers of Commerce writing and edited the book, Florida, a Place in the Sun. As the Society Editor for the Women’s Section of the Tallahassee Democrat, she attended fundraising, legislative, political and social events and wrote a column called “Socially Speaking,” which she changed the name of to “Capital Partyline.” One of her favorites was covering the inauguration of Florida’s first modern Republican Governor, Claude Kirk, and getting to know his wife, Erica Kirk. After the girls graduated and got settled, she began helping Wilson more with his position as Executive Director of the Florida Tobacco & Candy Association. She ran the association while he lobbied for their causes. She edited the newsletter, planned the fabulous annual conventions in Marco Island, Long Boat Key and Sanibel Island and hosted the annual Legislative “Lobster Party” at their lovely home on Lake Jackson. Wilson, never still, also began his “hobby” career as Executive Director of the Chris Craft Antique Boat Society. Together they wrote, edited and published their quarterly publication, The Brass Bell, for over 25 years. She and Wilson enjoyed attending Classic Boat shows across the country; their favorites at Lake Tahoe, Lake Rabun and Mt. Dora. While doing all of this, together they still found time to head to their beloved Carrabelle Beach home on weekends and built their new home “on stilts” in 2008. She and Wilson shared a deep faith and became members of the Episcopal Church of the Advent in 1962. They were both on the Vestry and she was Treasurer of the Church for many years. She helped the Church buy their first computer in the late 1970s to keep the books. They also regularly attended the Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Carrabelle and both served on the Mission Board, calling themselves the AA (Advent & Ascension) Episcopalians. But primary her life was Wilson (she called him Mike) and their large family. He became ill in 2020 and she never left his bedside until he died in 2021. It broke her heart, but she carried on, ruling the roost, as always! She is survived by her daughters, June Wright and her husband Jack Richardson, and Lee Anne Wright. She was a proud, loving and generous grandmother to Wilson, Michael, his wife Fallon (McKain) and James Richardson, and Cory and Alex Walker. She was especially excited about the soon arrival of her first great-grandson. She is also survived by her sister Beverly Davis Ivester of Homestead, Florida, many cousins, nieces, nephews, dear friends, neighbors, a very special Visting Angel, Denise Phillips and her “wright-hand” at home for over 60 years, Ruby Lee Dickey and the Dickey Family. In addition to Wilson and her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother and sister-in-law, Albert Ashley Davis, Jr. and Roberta “Bobby” Davis and her in-laws, June and Chester Wright. Funeral Services will be held Sunday, May 18, 2025, at 2:00PM at the Episcopal Church of the Advent at 815 Piedmont Drive in Tallahassee with the inurnment immediately following in adjacent Roselawn Cemetery. For those unable to attend or prefer, the service will be livestreamed at www.Facebook.com/AdventChurchTallahassee. Memorial Contributions may be made the Episcopal Church of the Advent, Episcopal Church of the Ascension, Big Bend Hospice or a favorite charity of your choice. Kelly Barber and Rocky Bevis of Bevis Funeral Home ((850)385-2192 or www.bevisfh.com) are assisting the Wright family with their arrangements.

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Patricia Anne Davis Wright

May 5, 1933 - May 9, 2025