78 year old Homer Wright died Saturday at his residence in Smithville. He was a retired Principal from Gateway Elementary School in Nashville.He was a member of the Smithville Church of Christ and a disabled Navy veteran. The funeral will be Tuesday at 11:00 a.m. at the Chapel of Love-Cantrell Funeral Home. Tim Woodward will officiate. Burial will be at DeKalb Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be Monday from 2:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. and Tuesday from 10:00 a.m. until the service at 11:00 a.m. He was preceded in death by his parents, Marion and Maudie Johnson Wright. He is survived by his wife, Peggy Wright of Smithville.Three daughters, Lisa Ratte of Nashville, Leigh Ann and Mark Stamps of Hendersonville, and Linda and Brad Jones of Cottontown; two sons, Kevin and wife Sharon Wright of Cross Plains, and Bart and wife Beverly Lempicki of Cottontown. One sister, Lera and husband Maurice Savage of Huntsville, Alabama. Thirteen grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Love-Cantrell Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.