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Remembering Josephine: Celebration of life held for Hilton Head Island native who fought against gentrification

The life of Hilton Head icon Josephine Wright, who fought a developers efforts to take her familys land, was celebrated at her longtime church on Saturday.

Wright garnered national media attention after Georgia-based developer Bailey Point Investment sued her in February in what she feared was a financial bullying tactic to get her to move.

The community of Hilton Head gathered for the funeral of 94-year-old Josephine Wright.

Josephine Wright, who drew national attention from such stars as Tyler Perry and Snoop Dogg as she fought off Hilton Head Island developers in her final years, has died at 94. She came to embody the development pressures displacing residents of historic African American communities in the beautiful South Carolina coastal town and around the country.

Josephine Wright, a South Carolina woman who fought developers on Hilton Head Island, has died. She had celebrity support for her cause of trying to keep her home.

South Carolina woman who was fighting developers over property that’s been in her family since the end of the Civil War has passed away.

Josephine Wright, who drew national attention from such stars as Tyler Perry and Snoop Dogg as she fought off Hilton Head Island developers in her final years, has died at 94. She came to embody the development pressures displacing residents of historic African American communities in the beautiful South Carolina coastal town and around the country.

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A woman on South Carolinas Hilton Head Island who drew national attention from such stars as Tyler Perry and Snoop Dogg as she fought off developers in her final years has died at 94