Carol Roper Wright entered heaven on March 31, 2024. Carol was born in Greenville, SC on October 3, 1941, and was the daughter of the late Benjamin and Grace Roper. After graduation from Greenville High School and Erskine College, she went to Aiken to teach school. At the old Aiken Junior High School on Laurens Street (where Trinity Lutheran Home is now located) she met Jeff Wright from Johnston who was also a first-year teacher. They were married on August 8, 1964; this year would have been sixty years of marriage. Though Jeff changed careers, Carol continued teaching in Aiken at Schofield Middle School and retired as a teacher for the South Carolina Department of Corrections.

Carol is survived by her husband Jeff M. Wright, a son Warren Wright and his wife Tammie, daughter Helen Thompson and her husband Eric, her two grandsons, Tyler Thompson and his girlfriend Hunter Wilson, Bryson Thomspon and his wife Reagan. She is also survived by a special cousin Linda Suddeth and her husband Jerry. She was proceeded in death by her parents and a brother Robert Roper.

Jeff and Carol lived in Aiken for twenty-five years and have lived at the old Wright family home place for over thirty years. Carol loved her church family and pastor at Johnston First Baptist Church and the Fidelis Sunday School class. Before her declining health, she enjoyed attending the Peach Blossom Garden Club and was a former member of the Johnston Woman's Club.

A visitation will be held from 10:00am-11:00am on Thursday, April 4, 2024, at Johnston First Baptist Church before the service beginning at 11:00am at the church and internment to follow at Sunset Gardens Memorial Cemetery in Johnston, SC. Her pastor, Reverend Tommy Barwick, will officiate. In lieu of flowers, please make contributions to the building fund at Johnston First Baptist Church, 700 Church St. Johnston, SC 29832.

Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of the Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home. Please share a memory or photo at www.edgefieldmercantilefh.com.