Career
A native of Madison Heights, Virginia, he was perhaps best known for designing the ChapStick logo (circa 1936). A longtime resident of Lynchburg, Virginia he produced many logotypes and designs familiar to the area, including the current and two past City of Lynchburg logos and the Lynchburg Community Market banner. From 1944 through 1997, Wright"s firm, Wright and Williams Studio (later Frank Wright Studio), produced a prodigious amount of commercial art work for local and national businesses, most notably the Craddock-Terry Shoe Corporation, Lane Furniture Company, and First Colony Life Insurance Company.
Wright studied at Lynchburg College and the Phoenix Art Institute (later the New York—Phoenix School of Design) in New York City.
He is buried in Fort Hill Memorial Park in Lynchburg, Virginia.