Georgia:  Coweta County:  Obituary of Judge B. H. Wright
1 May 1903
 

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Obituary, The Hearl and Advertiser, Newnan, GA, May 1, 1903 
Death of an Aged Citizen 

The death of Judge B. H. Wright, which occurred Tuesday afternoon, was an 
event which cast a gloom over the entire community. It was known that he 
had been in poor health for some time, and that he was also fettered to 
the point of helplessness by the enfeeblements of age, yet the announcement 
of his death came at last as a distinct shock to his friends. He had a 
sudden attack last Sunday and was completely prostrated. Physicians 
were summoned, and all was done for his relief that medical skill could 
suggest, but without avail. He never rallied from the attack, and at 4 
o'clock Tuesday afternoon breathed his last. 

Judge Wright was a remarkable man in many respects. He was born in Putnam 
county Feb. 7, 1819, and on Nov. 22, 1846, was married in the same county. 
In 1849 he moved to Carroll county, and during his residence there was one 
of its most prominent and useful citizens. In 1851 he was chosen to 
represent his district in the State Senate, and was also sent as a delegate 
from Carroll county to the Secession Convention in 1861. In 1864 he entered 
the Confederate service as a member of the State militia, and remained until 
the close of the war. In 1870 he moved to Newnam, and continued to reside 
here until his death. He was a deacon in the Baptist church, having been 
set apart to this office when quite a young man, and during his long 
and eventful life never wavered in his fealty to the church of his choice. 
He was, in all respects, a good man and useful citizen, and will be sadly 
missed in the community. 

He is survived by his aged wife and six children - B. H. Wright, of Atlanta; 
N. T. Wright, W. C. Wright and Mrs. J. C. Gibson, of Newnan; Mrs. T. S. 
Roberts, of Seville; Mrs. E. S. Roberts, of Cordele - all of whom were 
present at the funeral, which occurred Wednesday afternoon at the First 
Baptist church. 

Services were conducted by his pastor, Dr. Nunnally, assisted by all 
the ministers of the city. The interment was at Oak Hill.