Benjamin Nicholas Wright

</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[Benjamin Nicholas Wright, age 27, of Pinckneyville, Ill., passed away on Saturday, June 11, 2011 in Huron Regional Medical Center, Huron, S.D.

Benjamin was born on June 30, 1983 in Sparta, Ill. a son to Mark Wright and Crystal Owen. He worked on a farm in South Dakota and had previously worked along with his father painting. Benjamin was of the Baptist and Pentecostal faith. He enjoyed hunting and fishing and will be dearly missed by his family and friends.

Benjamin is survived by his parents, Mark Wright (friend, Kim Borowiak) and Crystal (Robert) Bardle; one son, Lathen Wright; grandparents, Jim and Clara Wright and Lavone Owen; great grandmother, Thyra Wright all of Pinckneyville, Ill.; one sister, Elisha (Jeremy) Prien of Huron, S.D.; special friend, Kristina Helvey of Pinckneyville, Ill. and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.

He was preceded in death by great grandparents, Floyd Wright, Benjamin and Bertha Louis, Arnold and Minnie Moore and Wilford and Mae Owen; grandfather, Ernel Owen and uncle, Mickeal Owen.

Funeral services were held at New Hope Community Church, Pinckneyville, Ill. on Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. with Pastor James Clardy and Reverend Gerald Wright officiating. Interment was at a later date in Concord Baptist Cemetery, Rice, Ill.

Friends called at New Hope Community Church, Pinckneyville, Ill. on Thursday from 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m.

Memorials may be made to the family.