Born: 1933

Married: Wilma Hall Wright

3 Children

7 Grandchildren

9 Great-Grandchildren

In 1933, James H. Wright was born one of five siblings. He was always helping the family in farming. After his graduation from Mt. Juliet High School in 1951, James began farming and later, James took a few public jobs to support his family. The jobs always involved heavy equipment and the family traveled from Tennessee to Florida, building the interstates and highways we all know now. They eventually returned to the Mt. Juliet farm. This is when the joint effort of farming and excavation began.

James began his dozer business and formed a partnership with the Soil Conservation Program that exists to this day. James told of his relationship with Mr. Walter Goodall, Soil Conservationist at the onset of his career. In the
beginning, Mr. Goodall would accompany James to the site of the ponds and would stay onsite to make sure that it would be done correctly. It didn't take long for him to see that James was going to do it right, so he would discuss the project and leave him alone until he finished it and the outcome was pleasing to both. In the early 1980's,

James was one of the first farmers to grow a "No-Till" corn crop. It was a great success and earned him the honor of being the "Soil Conservationist of the Year". Mr. Wright currently owns a 325 acre farm in Taylorsville. The
dozer business complemented farming as James was instrumental in clearing and digging ponds for many farmers in this area along with doing his own work. In 1955, James married Wilma Hall Wright. Mr. and Mrs. Wright were married 58 years, until her passing in 2013. The couple had three children, Mark Wright, Eric Wright, Lisa Wright Thompson, seven grandchildren and nine great Grandchildren.