Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Thank you for your service and please know that your sacrifice is one that will never, ever be forgotten by your law enforcement brethren. Rest in peace always.

Detective Cpl/3 Steven Rizzo
Delaware State Police (Retired)

April 11, 2021

Correctional Officer Wright, rest in peace.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

February 19, 2019

John 5:28, 29 - "Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice and come out". I pray that everyone can find peace in knowing that we will see this officer as well as many others again in Paradise soon. Until then, please accept my condolences.

A.W. Montgomery
Concerned Citizen

September 17, 2018

The day I stood on that yard and was told by our Sgt that you had passed was a terrible day for NC Dept Of Public Safety ..esp Mountain View. Being your co-worker made me proud..You did such awesome work..Your pleasant smile and encouraging words daily made it easier to come to such a cold negative place to work. I kept for the longest time the last fireball you gave me in the Gatehouse! You were such a trooper and I will miss you always..Shoot yea! Love ya Wright..

Correctional Officer Penny Silver
NC Dept of Public Safety

March 9, 2015

As we start a new year(2013), your service and sacrifice will always be remembered.
Rest in Peace my Brother.

To my active duty Brothers and Sisters, PLEASE STAY SAFE!

Master Senior Investigator Cardell L. Dobbins #188 (Ret.)
Illinois Secretary of State Department of Police District 01, Region 01

January 1, 2013

My thoughts and prayers are with you, your family and friends. May you Rest In Peace.

Special Agent
Homeland Security Investigations - HSI

December 30, 2012

Thank you for your service and helping to make America a safer place.

Deputy Brian Jones
Boulder County Sheriff's Office, CO

November 3, 2012

Rest in peace. We'll take the watch from here.

Lieutenant
San Francisco Sheriff's Department

October 20, 2012

You are gone way too soon. As a C/O for the same department, i just wanna say im deeply saddened to lose a brother in blue. My heart goes out to your family in friends. I think i speak for all officers with the NCDPS when i say that, you will never be forgotten and thank you for your service. Rest In Peace..

C/O Caleb Eubanks
North Carolina Department Of Corrections

October 20, 2012

My thoughts and prayers go out to the family, friends, and co-workers of William Wright

R.I.P.

Correctional Officer Gladden
NC Dept of Public Safety (Piedmont Correctional Institute)

July 28, 2012

I watched William Wright grow up from a baby until his passing as I worked for his grandparents Willard and Pansy Wright on their dairy farm while I was a teenager growing up myself.
William comes from "salt of the earth", GOD fearing family. William's grandparents Willard and Pansy Wright often took me to gospel sings and were truly wonderful witnesses for our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. William Wright would follow "Papaw" Willard Wright and help him with the "moo-cows" at the dairy farm. Pansy Wright made the very best ole timey orange slice cake at Christmas I have ever eaten.
I had the priviledge to work with William's father Archie Wright. We logged off 5 acres of white pine trees together with a horse. William's mother Earlene would make us chocolate gravy and biscuits for breakfast before we would head out up the mountain.
What a glorious reunion of William Wright meeting his Lord and Savior JESUS CHRIST and joining his grandfather and grandmother in heaven...

If you could see me now, I walking streets of gold.
If you could see me now, I'm standing tall and whole.
If you can see me now, you know I've seen HIS face.
If you can see me now, you know the pains erased.

May almighty GOD give all of the Wright family members a double dose of comfort and guidance.
I pray this in JESUS CHRIST mighty,powerful and holy name. Amen.

Sergeant Luke Arthur Bigelow
Asheville Police Department

July 26, 2012

Though I never knew him, he was part of my Law Enforcement family and I will mourn this deep loss the rest of my life. My heart aches with all the losses we have suffered, and continue to suffer, through the years. God is our only peace through such incidents. May family & friends feel the presence of the "God of All Comfort" as they endure the distressing days ahead. I join them in their agonizing grief & remember them in my prayers.

Another senseless tragedy
Another day of grief,
Another day of praying
To help us find relief.

Relief from bitter anguish
Relief from rage so great,
Relief from lenient justice
Which continues to seal our fate.

Relief from heartache’s torment
As we continue on,
Oh, the awesome loss of brotherhood
Now that you are gone.

Though our hearts are deeply broken
And our tears forever flow,
There’s a comforting assurance
That now with God you go.

We know that you are welcome
Now at Heaven’s gate,
While meeting brothers & sisters
Who also met such fate.

The family of Law Enforcement
Knows no distance here or there,
And we recall in comfort
You await us there.

Vicki Hare, Telecommunicator
Salisbury NC PD

July 17, 2012

I served with Officer Wright at the N.C. Dept. of Correction. Officer Wright was consistently upbeat and an all-around great guy to train with. He will be missed and my prayers go out to the family.

Correctional Officer Thrift
N.C. Department of Correction (MCI)

July 4, 2012

Whatever our duty, or wherever we serve, we are all brothers and sisters in this most honorable calling. We have lost yet another brother who we must never forget.

My deepest sympathy to both his family and his police family. My thoughts and prayers are with them. May he rest in eternal peace.

Sgt. Tom Waller, Ret., Cincinnati P.D.
Greater Cincinnati Police Museum

June 27, 2012

The National Police Wives Association would like to extend their heartfelt prayers to the family of Officer William Wright and the North Carolina Department of Public Safety during this time. Thank you, Officer Wright, for your service.

Staff
National Police Wives Association

June 18, 2012

This is a sad thing to hear, I will keep the family in my prayers. As a Correctional Officer for over five years I know he had to enjoy what he was called to do. We will always remember our dedicated brother.

Officer Sandra Myers
NC Dept Public Safety

May 18, 2012

so sad to hear of this...you left this world to soon....but you were doing what you loved to do...my deepest sympathy to your family...There is no tougher job in Law Enforcement than a Corrections Officer....You will never be forgotten... R.I.P. Officer Wright..

Officer Steve Knowles (RETIRED)
N.C. Dept. Of Public Safty

May 13, 2012

Officer Wright, I hope you are taking some time off from those rotator positions up there. I know they're a killer. But in all seriousness........RIP bro from your jail sis.

RS
Lycoming County Pre Release Center

May 13, 2012

Officer Wright,
Sir, I would just like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice for the citizens of the state of North Carolina. And to your family and loved ones, I wish to extend my deepest sympathy. There is no tougher job in Law Enforcement than that of a Corrections Officer.

R.I.P.
USBP

Anonymous
U.S. Border Patrol

May 7, 2012

Will never forget my brother in blue, we got it the rest of the way Officer Wright. My condolences to the Wright family, thank you for supporting Officer Wright and for the services rendered to the citizens of NC.

Correctional Officer Joshua Adams
Maury Correctional Institution - NCDPS, Division of Adult Corrections

May 5, 2012

Our thoughts and prayers are with the family, friends and co-workers of this brave officer. Rest in Peace.

Sheriff Ray Foster
Buchanan County Sheriff's Office

May 4, 2012

RIP my brother

Capt.Wilson
IPD,Ohio

May 3, 2012

May God be with you. Thank you for your service and the ultimate sacrifice you've made for your community.

Dep. B. Taranto
Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office

May 2, 2012

I feel sorry for the lost of a fellow Correctional Officer. My prayers goes out to his family. People don't realize how dangerous of a job we got working in the prison system and how dangerous these inmates really are. We work in an environment where you got murderers, child molesters and violent gang members. We do jobs that no one else wants to do with poor pay and insurance coverage. But at least i know im helping my nieghbor hood making sure these kind of people are locked up not doing wrong doing in our streets.

C/O Steve Gonzales

May 1, 2012

C.O.Wright....may you rest in peace

Gerld H.Wienckowski-Sr.Inv.(ret.)
New York State Troopers

April 29, 2012