In Memoriam: Brinton Douglas Wright

Brinton Douglas Wright

February 8, 1949 – October 18, 2025

Brinton “Brint” Douglas Wright crossed the finish line of his earthly race with Jesus Christ on Saturday morning, October 18, 2025, after a brief battle with illness. He was 76. Born in Springhill, Louisiana on February 8, 1949, to Ed and Marteal Wright he was the proud son of a World War II Army Air Corps veteran and lived in Pittsburgh, Buffalo, and Ellicott City, Maryland while growing up. While attending Johns Hopkins University he fell in love with his next-door neighbor Barbara and the two were happily married for 53 years. Brint graduated from Johns Hopkins with a degree in Economics and received his MBA degree from the University of New Hampshire, after which he earned his Juris Doctorate degree at Wake Forest University.

He began his law career with Stern, Graham, and Klepfer following his graduation and worked in business law, real estate law, estate planning, and tax law before shifting much of his focus to being a pioneer in the field of adoption law in North Carolina following the adoption of his two beloved children Cliff and Rachel through the Children’s Home Society of North Carolina.

Brint was an avid reader, known for being insightful, witty, and having the gift of insatiable intellectual curiosity. He loved his family, collecting guitars, animals of all kinds, working outside, taking road trips, studying history, antique cars, and attending folk music festivals. In recent years he traveled the state to watch his grandsons play soccer. This past year he and Barbara joyfully traveled to California to meet his newest granddaughter, Adeline.

He was an excellent brother, a steady husband, a wise father, and a warm grandfather. He is survived by his wife, Barbara, his sister Marcia (husband Norm), his son Cliff (wife Laura and grandchildren Keller, Asher, Pryor, and Ryder), his daughter Rachel (husband Brian and granddaughter Adeline) as well as many aunts, uncles, and cousins.