Funeral services for Darrell Paul Wright, 58, of Neon, were held May 16 at the Seco Freewill Baptist Church. Burial was in the McRoberts Cemetery.

Born at McRoberts, he was a son of the late Orville and Mae Holland Wright. He died May 12 at Whitesburg Appalachian Regional Hospital.

Wright was a radio technician for the state of Kentucky. He was a former Fleming-Neon City Council member. He had also been a member of the Fleming- Neon Area Jaycees and the Neon Days Committee, and was an honorary member of the Neon Volunteer Fire Department. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War.

Surviving are his wife, Michelle Wojciechowski Wright; a daughter, Allison Angela Fleming, Whitesburg; two sons, Michael Ritchie and wife Tara, Jenkins, and Cameron P. Wright, Neon; three grandchildren, Nicholas, Rylee, and Kainan; four sisters, Nelda Taylor and Karen Phillips, both of Neon; Martha Bentley, McRoberts; and Amy Wright, Whitesburg; seven brothers, Wendell Wright, Huntington, Ind.; Gary Wright, Valrico, Fla.; Norman Wright, Harrison, Tenn.; Jeff Wright, Lexington; Tim Wright, Whitaker; David Wright, Jenkins; and Matthew Wright, Whitesburg; and a friend, Zack Elkins.

Carty Funeral Home had charge of arrangements.