"94-Year-Old Hilton Head Land Rights Advocate Josephine Wright Passes Away"

Josephine Wright, the 94-year-old Hilton Head Island woman who fought a legal battle to keep her family’s ancestral land, has passed away. Wright's family announced her peaceful transition on January 7, surrounded by loved ones. She had been in a legal dispute with a property developer over a 1.8-acre parcel of land that had been in her husband's family since the Civil War. Media mogul Tyler Perry, who had supported Wright in her fight, expressed his sadness at her passing and had been helping her after a tree fell and damaged her home. Wright's funeral will be held on January 13 at Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church in Hilton Head Island.