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Dennis Wright

Dennis C. Wright, 88, of Huntersville, NC, passed away Friday, June 15, 2018, at Autumn Care, Cornelius, NC.

He was born Jan. 23, 1930, in Hollidays Cove, WV, the son of the late McKinley H. and Frances N. Starky Wright.

He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force after high school from 1948-1952 to assist with the Berlin airlift. He was stationed in England during the Korean War as a high altitude bombing radar specialist.

After his military service, he attended Pennsylvania State University, where he graduated with honors, Tau Beta Pi, with a bachelors degree in electrical engineering.

Following graduation, he moved to New Jersey to work for Bell Labs. Later, he moved to California to work for Rockwell International, where he met his wife.

They married in 1965. In 1974 they moved to Rhode Island, where he worked for Raytheon until 1992. After their retirement they moved to Huntersville, NC, in 2000, where they remained until his passing.

Surviving are his wife of 53 years, Gloria Jones Wright; stepchildren, Stuart J. Dunford, Karen Dunford, and Bryan Dunford; six grandsons, Konrad, Matthew, and Justin Ferguson, Paul, Evan, and Jay Dunford; one granddaughter, Renee Bullock; and seven great-grandchildren.

A funeral and committal service will be held Thursday, June 21, 2018, at 11 a.m. at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Mausoleum Chapel, Weirton, WV, with Pastor Carol McKay presiding. Entombment will follow.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Steel and Wolfe Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., Weirton, WV.