Antoinette Rachel Green Wright, affectionately known as Toni, departed this life on Wednesday, August 17th, 2011 at the age of 60, after a long and courageous battle against a rare form of cancer. Antoinette Rachel Green was born on May 7, 1951 in New Haven, CT to David Alexander Green, Sr. and Marion Baker Green. Toni graduated from Brandeis University in Boston, Massachusetts in 1973 with a Bachelor’s Degree in African American Studies and from Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT in 1980 with a Master’s Degree in Psychology. Toni was employed at St. Thomas’s Day School, initially as an assistant teacher and later became the school’s library teacher. Toni was a lifelong member of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in New Haven, CT. She was also a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. and Jack and Jill of America, Inc.
Toni leaves to cherish her memory, her beloved children Nia Wright West-Bey and her husband Jon, of Washington, DC, Challa Wright Flemming and her husband Stephen of Bridgeport, CT and Calvin Wright of Brooklyn, NY, her grandchildren whom she adored, Thurman Antwion Anderson, Ahmad Jamal West-Bey, Zuri Atiya Flemming and Naima Imani West-Bey, her mother, Marion Baker Green, her sister Victoria Woods Boyd, her brother and sister-in-law, David Alexander Green Jr. and Maria Green, and a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives, church family and friends. She was predeceased by her husband, Clinton Leroy Antonio Wright and her father, David Alexander Green, Sr.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Fihankra Akoma Ntoaso (FAN), the American Poetry Museum, St. Thomas’s Day School and the Edna Baker Carnegie Scholarship Fund.
A celebration of Ms. Wright’s life and legacy will be held Saturday, August 27, 2011, at 9:00 A.M. at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 111 Whalley Ave., New Haven. Viewing will be held at the church from 8:00 – 9:00 A.M. Burial will be in Beaverdale Memorial Park. Professional services entrusted to Curvin K. Council Funeral Home, 128 Dwight St., New Haven. Online guestbook available at www.curvinkcouncil.com
:( She is in my prayers