Margaret Anna Wright (White) passed away on April 7, 2018 at the age of 84. A native of Pennsylvania she had been a longtime resident of the Peninsula. Margaret earned her undergraduate degree in education from Westminster College in Pennsylvania, and then went on later in life degree to earn her Masters degree in education from Hampton University. She had a 40 year teaching career and spent the last 20 years at York High School. She had been an active member of First Presbyterian Church Hampton, where she served in numerous leadership positions. She was also a member of the Women's Circle. Margaret was very active in the community and was a member of the Women's Club of Hampton and the York County Teacher Association.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 42 years, John Lee White Jr. and their son Edward L. White as well as her second husband Robert Wright. Survivors include her three sons, Richard J. White (Deborah), John A. White (Deborah), and Donald E. White (Sharon); seven grandchildren, Amy E. Allen (Matt), Kevin J. White (Ariel), Jason R. White (Brittni), Anna K. Morris (Ky), James L. White, Amber M. Zaklan (Thomas), and Joseph E. White; and seven great-grandchildren, Madison, Mason, Matthew, Jon, Logan, Jackson and Hattie.

The family will receive friends at R. Hayden Smith Funeral Home on Thursday, April 12, 2018 from 5-7PM. A graveside service will be held on Friday, April 13, 2018 at Hampton Memorial Gardens at 10AM.

In lieu of flowers the family requests donations be made in Margaret's memory to the Alzheimer's Foundation of America.