{"id":98,"date":"2008-07-18T11:11:48","date_gmt":"2008-07-18T11:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2008\/07\/funeral-services-for-betty-wri.html"},"modified":"2008-07-18T11:11:48","modified_gmt":"2008-07-18T11:11:48","slug":"funeral-services-for-betty-wri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/gospelsoundcheck\/2008\/07\/funeral-services-for-betty-wri.html","title":{"rendered":"Funeral services for Betty Wright and grandson DJ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"RevTimothyandBettyWright.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/118\/import\/RevTimothyandBettyWright.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"172\" class=\"mt-image-right\" style=\"float: right;margin: 0 0 20px 20px\" \/><\/span>Funeral services, or as the press release more aptly puts it, &#8220;homegoing&#8221; services, for Betty Wright and her grandson Daniel (DJ) Wright, Jr. have been announced.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nBetty Wright, who along with her husband Rev. Timothy Wright, was co-pastor of the Grace Tabernacle Christian Center in Brooklyn, NY, and her grandson DJ were <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2008\/07\/rev-timothy-wright-and-family.html\" target=\"_blank\">killed in an auto accident on July 4th<\/a> in Pennsylvania. Rev. Timothy Wright remains in the hospital.<br \/>\nThe wake and viewing will be:<br \/>\nNoon until &#8230;<br \/>\nSunday, July 26<br \/>\nGrace Tabernacle Christian Center<br \/>\n1745 Pacific Street<br \/>\nBrooklyn, NY<br \/>\nThe Homegoing Celebration will be:<br \/>\nMonday, July 28 at 11 a.m.<br \/>\nWashington Temple Church of God in Christ<br \/>\n1372 Bedfor Avenue<br \/>\nBrooklyn, NY<br \/>\nInterment will be at Greenfield Cemetary in Uniondale, NY.<br \/>\nIn lieu of flowers, donations are being accepted to cover costs. More information can be found by <a href=\"http:\/\/profile.myspace.com\/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&amp;friendID=131637568\" target=\"_blank\">visiting the Rev. Wright&#8217;s MySpace page.<\/a><br \/>\nRev. Wright underwent surgery yesterday to repair his broken jaw. He suffered extensive injuries in the crash and remains at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, PA where he is responding well to treatment.<br \/>\n<strong>RELATED POST:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2008\/08\/the-real-story-about-rev-timot.html\" target=\"_blank\">The real story about Rev Timothy Wright&#8217;s current condition and the email asking for donations<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Funeral services, or as the press release more aptly puts it, &#8220;homegoing&#8221; services, for Betty Wright and her grandson Daniel (DJ) Wright, Jr. have been announced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian-music-new-releases","category-prayer-requests"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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