CLAUDIA TENEL WRIGHT

CLAUDIA TENELL WRIGHT WAS BORN ON JANUARY 13, 1958, IN WASHINGTON, DC TO CLYDE WRIGHT SR. AND DOROTHY WRIGHT, WHO RAISED HER WITH LOVE,STRENGTH AND UNWAVERING SUPPORT. WITHOUT WARNING, ON MAY 13, 2026 , SHE QUIETLY SLIPPED AWAY IN HER SLEEP. FROM A YOUNG AGE, SHE DISPLAYED A VIBRANT SPIRIT, A KIND HEART, AND A NATURAL ABILITY TO BRING JOY TO THOSE AROUND HER. WHETHER IT WAS BEAUTIFUL SMILE, HER CARING NATURE, OR ABILITY TO STRIKE UP AN ENGAGING CONVERSATION WITH JUST ABOUT ANYONE. SHE WAS A GIFT TO ALL WHO HAD THE PRIVILEDGE OF KNOWING HER. SHE ATTENDED DC PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND GRADUATED FROM ANACOSTIA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1976. AFTER GRADUATING, CLAUDUATING, CLAUDIA GAINED EMPLOYMENT AT THE MCMILLAH WATER TREATMENT PLANT RESERVOIR IN WASHINGTON, DC., WHERE SHE MET MANY CLOSE , LIFELONG FRIENDS. SHE WORKED DILIGENTLY FOR MANY YEARS UNTIL HER RETIREMENT. BEYOND HER PROFESSIONAL CAREER, CLAUDIA WAS A WOMAN OF MANY PASSIONS. SHE FOUND JOY IN COOKING; IT WOULDN'T BE A FEAST WITHOUT HER FAMOUS PASTA SALADS AND DELICIOUS CAKES. SHE ENJOYED THE SIMPLE LIFE-FAMILY GATHERINGS MEANT EVERYTHING TO HER-AND HER SONS, CLAUDE AND SIDNEY AND HER BEAUTIFUL GRANDCHILDREN WERE HER ROCK. AFTER RETIRING, SHE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE GRANDMOTHEING TO ANOTHER LEVEL. THE LOVE AND BOND SHE HAD WITH THEM WAS EXCEPTIONAL, ESPECIALLY WITH HER OLDEST GRANDSON. SHE RARELY CAME HOME FROM SHOPPING WITHOUT A BAG OF GOODIES FOR HER GRANDCHILDREN. "DISCO LUCY" WAS ONE OF HER NICKNAMES-SHE LOVED TO DANCED . CLAUDIA WOULD DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY; NATALIE COLE AND PARLIAMENT WERE JUST SOME OF OF HER FAVORITE ARTISTS. MANY TIMES, YOU WOULD FIND HER SIMPLY RELAXING, SCROLLINGTHROUGH HER CLLPHONE. TO KNOW HER WAS TO LOVE HER. CLAUDIA WILL BE GREATLY MISSED. SHE IS NOW RESTING IN ETERNAL PEACE. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER MOTHER, DOROTHY WRIGHT, HER BROTHERS, ERNEST,EARL, AND VINCENT PARKER; HER SISTER, DEBORAH SELLERS; AND HER STEPFATHER, HOMER CUNNINGHAM JR., WHOM WE TAKECOMFORT IN KNOWING WELCOMED HER WITH OPEN ARMS. THROUGHT THE PAIN OR HER LOSS IS OVERWHELMING , WE FIND SOLACE IN THE MEMORIES SHE LEFT BEHIND. SHE LEAVES TO MOURNE: HER FATHER, CLYDE WRIGHT SR., HER SONS, CLAUDE WRIGHT AND SIDNEY RODGERS; FIVE GRANDCHILDREN, DAQUANN BLAINE, JEREMIAH WRIGHT, NEHEMIAH WRIGHT, PRINCE WRIGHT, AND AMIR CARTIER LIVINGSTONE; HER BROTHER, CLYDE WRIGHT JR.(CHARMAINE), MICHAEL WRIGHT, CLAYTON WRIGHT, (MATTIE), AND RICHARDO JENNINGS (TYONIA); HER SISTERS, CLAUDETTE WRIGHT, CLAMONICA WRIGHT (RICK), TENES CREEK (KEVIN) AND YOWANNA WASH; ; HER GODSON, ERNEST PARKER III; AND A HOST AUNTS, UNCLES, NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS, AND FRIENDS.

CLAUDIA TENEL WRIGHT

January 13, 1958 - May 13, 2026