The Mountain Eagle · North Myrtle Beach, SC
Sheila Wright worked in insurance industry
SHEILA F. WRIGHT Funeral services were held for Letcher County native Sheila Faye Wright, who died November 3 at her home in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. She was a member of McRoberts Old Regular Baptist Church. A proud Kentuckian, she graduated from Fleming-Neon High School in 1970 and later attended Morehead State University. She worked for BellSouth Telephone Company and, according to her family, was the first woman to pass the lineman test in Kentucky. She later entered the insurance industry, initially working for Lincoln Income. She joined Kentucky Farm Bureau as an agent in its Knott County office and advanced to agency manager in Pike County. She was named Agency Manager of the Year multiple times. After more than 30 years in the insurance industry, she retired to North Myrtle Beach, where she opened two retail businesses, Two Blondes on the Beach and Two Blondes and a Moon Child.