Obituary of JOHN WESTLEY WRIGHT, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana

Copied and Submitted by: Doug McBroom, 15520 Swan Lake Blvd., Gulfport, MS 
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From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal; Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.  
Microfilm at the LaSalle Parish Library located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.

Many Thanks to The Times - Signal and to the LaSalle Parish Library for 
allowing the following to be added to the Archives.





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Date:  December 29, 1938, Thursday

Headline:  John Westley Wright Dies at His Home in Harrisonburg

Mr. John Westley Wright, janitor at the Harrisonburg High School died at his 
home from a heart attack on December 27th at 9:15.

Mr. Wright was seventy-six years old at the time of his demise and had been a 
lifelong resident of Harrisonburg and a member of the Baptist Church there.  
He was married to Miss Unice Randall, who survives him.

Funeral services were held at 10:00 a.m. December 28th; at the Harrisonburg 
Baptist Church, with the Reverends L. H. Brooks and Burton Miley of that city 
conducted.  Interment, under the direction of Riser and Upshaw Funeral Home, 
was at Oak Grove Cemetery, near Rhinehart.

Besides his wife Mr. Wright is survived by:  Mrs. C. J. Richey, daughter, 
Urania; Mrs. D. H. Guinn, Rhinehart; Mrs. I. B. Roberson, Manifest; Mrs. Gus 
Girlinghouse, Waco, Texas; all daughters; H. W. and J. B. Wright, sons of 
Jonesville and Rhinehart, and a host of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.