TN SJR0875

Honors the memory of Donald Kenton Wright (September 22, 1939 – deceased), a Sumner County resident who served as Tennessee State Senator from 1992 to 1996 and Mayor of Gallatin from 1997 to 2006

Wright served in the U.S. Army as a military policeman at Raven Rock Mountain Complex, worked as a pipefitter, and taught drafting at a trade school in Lebanon

Authored several books including The Woodsman, The Captive, The Last Plantation, and Gone to Texas

Expresses official condolences from the 114th General Assembly to his surviving family, including his wife of 30 years, Patricia Wright