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WRIGHT -- Jackson Bonnell Wright passed away Tuesday, April 6, 2010 at 4:11 p.m. after a long and valiant fight with cancer. Born April 11, 1945 to Herbert and Hildred Wright in Cherokee Oklahoma, Jackson was the forth of five children. He attended Oklahoma University, where he was President of Kappa Sigma Fraternity, and received a B.A. in International Law and a J.D. He attended Southern Methodist University, receiving a LL.M. and attended London School of Economics where he acquired a LL.M., London. Jackson practiced law in London for nine years and argued several cases before the International Court in The Hague. Since coming to New Mexico, Jackson has practiced Immigration Law in Albuquerque. In recent years, he traveled extensively to Beijing as a representative for a local business group. Jackson was very active in the Democratic Party. He worked for Gov. David Boren of Oklahoma, was a delegate to the 1964 Democratic National Convention, and was active in New Mexico State politics. While caring for his aging parents, Jackson co-wrote the Angel Wings trilogy of books about his mother's childhood on a homestead farm in Oklahoma. He is greatly beloved by his friends and family and since his hospitalization in October Jackson presided over the finest informal political, social, art and literary salon in New Mexico from his bed. He is survived by two elder brothers, Herbert William Wright Jr. and family of Arlington Texas; James Nelson Hale of Phoenix Arizona; and a younger sister, Jill Wright-Boyd and her family of Los Angeles, California; his nephew Randy Hale and family of Pasadena, California, and dozens of devoted and loving friends. It was Jackson's wish that a Memorial Fund be established for the benefit of single mothers. Please contact: www.starrypuddle.com/Jackson to donate to this fund. His heart was open in love even as his eyes closed in death. Please visit our online guestbook for Jackson at www.RememberTheirStory.com. French 10500 Lomas Blvd. NE (505) 275-3500
        Published on: Sun April 11, 2010