John Robert Wright, Jr., age 84, of Madison, TN, passed away Tuesday, October 27, 2026 at his home. Born in Charleston, West Virginia, on March 30th, 1942, son of Country music Legends Kitty Wells and Johnnie Wright, known to his family, friends and fans as Bobby Wright passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones. Pallbearers will be Mike Henson, James Stewart, Austin Harris, Dalton Stewart, Matthew Fudge, and Brandon Whited
Funeral services will be conducted at 2pm Tuesday, November 3rd, in the chapel of the Spring Hill Funeral Home, 5110 Gallatin Pike S., Madison, TN 37115, with Jerry Reynalds, minister officiating. Immediately following the service, the immediate family will be going to the gravesite, and they ask for privacy as they grieve their loss.
The family will receive friends from 12pm until 2pm Tuesday at the Spring Hill Funeral Home.
Bobby was a graduate of Madison High School in Madison TN, where he played baseball., basketball, and Football. After high school he went to Los Angeles where he landed the role of “Willy” Moss on the television show McHale’s Navy. Bobby was the last surviving member of the show. He was also on a western called “Pistols and Petticoats” where he played a robber named “Bud Bunnoy”. After that he moved back to Madison and joined his parents and two sisters on their syndicated television family variety show, as well as began recording as a solo artist between 1967-1979, charting 21 singles on billboard magazine’s hot country songs. “Here I go again” was his highest charted release reaching number 12 on top charts in 1971. After the television family variety show was over, he began touring with his parents and they went on the road as the Kitty Wells Johnnie Wright and Bobby Wright family show until 2007.
Mr. Wright was preceded in death by his parents, Ellen Muriel Deason (Kitty Wells) and Johnnie Wright; sister, Ruby Wright Taylor; and nephew, Larry Stephenson (Duke) Jr.
Bobby is survived by his 2 daughters, LeAnn (Mike) Henson and Kamela (James) Stewart; grandchildren, Austin Harris, Cassidy (Brandon) Whited, Shelby (Matthew) Fudge, and Dalton Stewart; great Grandchildren, Hayden Harris-Wood, Pazlee and Remi Whited, and Fletcher and Axel Fudge; sister, Sue Sturdivant; and nieces and nephews Kitty Ervin, John Sturdivant Jr., David (Dianne) Sturdivant, Corrie (Brad) Cluck and Stephanie Sturdivant.
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This obituary was published by Austin & Bell Funeral Home Springfield.
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