Shawn Kelly Wright, 27, a native of St. Petersburg, FL and a resident of Daphne, AL, passed away on Monday, January 7, 2019, as the result of a vehicle crash.
Shawn graduated from Daphne High School where he was a member of the first International Baccalaureate class. He was active in Boy Scouts and achieved the highest rank in Scouting, the Eagle Scout. He attended the University of South Alabama and was a member of Phi Mu Alpha Fraternity. He served as organist at St. Catherine Siena Catholic Church in Mobile. Shawn was a very accomplished musician and was involved in many musical organizations which include International Trumpet Guild, The American Organists' Guild, Mobile Big Band Society, Baldwin Pops, and City Rhythm Big Band. He was lead trumpet for the band "Everybody's Here", and performed regularly with numerous other bands and musicians along the Gulf Coast. He was very involved with local theater production, serving as musician and musical director for the Joe Jefferson Players and the Mobile Theatre Guild.
He is survived by his parents, sister, brother, grandparents, great-grandmother, aunts, uncles, cousins, niece, nephews and many friends.
Preceding him in death are his grandfather, Alfred Wright; great-grandparents, Roy and Kathryn Weekley; great-grandfather, Roger Wilkerson; grandfather, Leonard McCauley; and his great grandmother, Muriel Houston.
Shawn graduated from Daphne High School where he was a member of the first International Baccalaureate class. He was active in Boy Scouts and achieved the highest rank in Scouting, the Eagle Scout. He attended the University of South Alabama and was a member of Phi Mu Alpha Fraternity. He served as organist at St. Catherine Siena Catholic Church in Mobile. Shawn was a very accomplished musician and was involved in many musical organizations which include International Trumpet Guild, The American Organists' Guild, Mobile Big Band Society, Baldwin Pops, and City Rhythm Big Band. He was lead trumpet for the band "Everybody's Here", and performed regularly with numerous other bands and musicians along the Gulf Coast. He was very involved with local theater production, serving as musician and musical director for the Joe Jefferson Players and the Mobile Theatre Guild.
He is survived by his parents, sister, brother, grandparents, great-grandmother, aunts, uncles, cousins, niece, nephews and many friends.
Preceding him in death are his grandfather, Alfred Wright; great-grandparents, Roy and Kathryn Weekley; great-grandfather, Roger Wilkerson; grandfather, Leonard McCauley; and his great grandmother, Muriel Houston.
Shawn Kelly Wright, 27, a native of St. Petersburg, FL and a resident of Daphne, AL, passed away on Monday, January 7, 2019, as the result of a vehicle crash.
Shawn graduated from Daphne High School where he was a member of the first International Baccalaureate class. He was active in Boy Scouts and achieved the highest rank in Scouting, the Eagle Scout. He attended the University of South Alabama and was a member of Phi Mu Alpha Fraternity. He served as organist at St. Catherine Siena Catholic Church in Mobile. Shawn was a very accomplished musician and was involved in many musical organizations which include International Trumpet Guild, The American Organists' Guild, Mobile Big Band Society, Baldwin Pops, and City Rhythm Big Band. He was lead trumpet for the band "Everybody's Here", and performed regularly with numerous other bands and musicians along the Gulf Coast. He was very involved with local theater production, serving as musician and musical director for the Joe Jefferson Players and the Mobile Theatre Guild.
He is survived by his parents, sister, brother, grandparents, great-grandmother, aunts, uncles, cousins, niece, nephews and many friends.
Preceding him in death are his grandfather, Alfred Wright; great-grandparents, Roy and Kathryn Weekley; great-grandfather, Roger Wilkerson; grandfather, Leonard McCauley; and his great grandmother, Muriel Houston.
Shawn graduated from Daphne High School where he was a member of the first International Baccalaureate class. He was active in Boy Scouts and achieved the highest rank in Scouting, the Eagle Scout. He attended the University of South Alabama and was a member of Phi Mu Alpha Fraternity. He served as organist at St. Catherine Siena Catholic Church in Mobile. Shawn was a very accomplished musician and was involved in many musical organizations which include International Trumpet Guild, The American Organists' Guild, Mobile Big Band Society, Baldwin Pops, and City Rhythm Big Band. He was lead trumpet for the band "Everybody's Here", and performed regularly with numerous other bands and musicians along the Gulf Coast. He was very involved with local theater production, serving as musician and musical director for the Joe Jefferson Players and the Mobile Theatre Guild.
He is survived by his parents, sister, brother, grandparents, great-grandmother, aunts, uncles, cousins, niece, nephews and many friends.
Preceding him in death are his grandfather, Alfred Wright; great-grandparents, Roy and Kathryn Weekley; great-grandfather, Roger Wilkerson; grandfather, Leonard McCauley; and his great grandmother, Muriel Houston.
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