Glynn County GaArchives Obituaries.....WRIGHT, Katherine T. (Russell) January 16, 1916 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Amy Hedrick http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00013.html#0003209 June 7, 2008, 5:09 pm The Brunswick News; Tuesday 18 January 1916; pg. 1 cols. 2-3 ALL THE CITY IN SORROW OVER DEATH OF CAPTAIN AND MRS. DUNCAN WRIGHT—Wife Passes Away Only A Short Time After Death Of Her Husband—Double Funeral Yesterday A pall of gloom was thrown over the city Sunday afternoon when it was learned that Mrs. Duncan Wright had passed away after an illness of only about a week, her death following close upon that of her husband, Captain Duncan Wright, who had died at an early hour on the morning of the same day. Mrs. Wright contracted a severe cold a little over a week ago. This rapidly developed into pneumonia and from the first the case was serious. Captain Wright, who had been in ill health for several years and in a very weak state, became so alarmed over the illness of his wife that he became prostrated, and while the attending physicians and nurses were still hoping for good results in the sickroom of Mrs. Wright, Captain Wright was suddenly stricken and in a few hours had paid the debt which all must pay. Mrs. Wright was unconscious at the time of her husband’s death and remained so to the end, not knowing that he had preceded her to rest. Mrs. Wright, who was the younger daughters [sic] of Charles A. and Margaret Russell, the former of Deerfield, Mass., the latter of Charleston, was born in Charleston, September 26, 1860, just one day after the birth of her husband. The family removed to Brunswick in the early seventies, and became clearly identified with her social and business affairs. Mrs. Wright was a devoted member of the Catholic church and was a woman whose name had become a synonym for all that stands for charitable works and good deeds. Sacrificing her life to duty and the dictates of a rigid conscience, she was esteemed, respected and loved by all who knew her. She was a great lover of the beautiful and especially fond of music and flowers. From her garden many a choice bouquet went to cheer the room of some sufferer, or to the altar of the church which she loved so well. In her death the church, her friends, and the community, have suffered an irreparable loss. Captain Duncan Wright, the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Wright, was born in Brunswick. He was a direct descendant of Samuel Wright, a colonial settler whose remains lie in the cemetery of Christ church at Frederica. Captain Wright was married to Katherine Russell in the fall of 1881 and from this union were born two sons, Charles A. and James Hazle, the latter surviving his parents. Besides this only child whose sad duty it has been to witness the last hours of both parents in so short a time there survive to mourn their loss Mrs. George Walker of Tampa, sister of Mrs. Wright, and J.B. Wright and Mrs. J.H. Whitmire, brother and sister of Captain Wright, besides numerous relatives more distantly connected. During his recent ill health Captain Wright turned for comfort to a higher power than that of earth and was received some time ago into the membership of the Presbyterian church, the religion of his own selection. Since that time he has been a devoted member of the church and had all the consolation of religion in his last hours. A sad feature of the general sorrow is the fact that his only brother, J.B. Wright, is very ill and could not be with Captain Wright when the summons came. The funeral services over the remains of Captain Wright were held at 2:30 yesterday afternoon at the Presbyterian church, Rev. W.H. Chapman officiating. The funeral cortege then proceeded to the Catholic church where Father Reis impressively read the burial service over the remains of Mrs. Wright. The interment was in Palmetto cemetery. At the grave the Masons conducted the service over Captain Wright’s grave. The pallbearers for Mrs. Wright were A.M. Ross, C.T. Calnan, William Loback, A.O. Anderson, P.W. Fleming and J.F. Lassere. Captain Wright’s pallbearers, appointed by Ocean lodge Masons, were M. Walsh, J.B.C. Blitch, R.B. McCullough, W.R. Dart, R.S. Pyles and D.W. Krauss. Under the moss-draped trees, within sound of the water they loved so well, they lie side by side in their last resting place. Tenderly the waves are sighing, And the breezes low replying Seem to say in accents clear; “Though the sod lies light above them, Be of cheer, oh, ye who love them; They are only waiting here.” Additional Comments: More Glynn County Genealogy & History can be found at or the sister site at File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/glynn/obits/w/wright8929gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 5.1 Kb