Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....WRIGHT, A.W "BUDDY" October 14, 2012 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Gina Brown rootsgirl36@gmail.com October 28, 2012, 4:55 am News Star World - October 16, 2012 A.W "BUDDY" WRIGHT Funeral services for Mr. A. W. "Buddy" Wright, 81, will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday October 17, 2012 at the chapel of Gill First National Funeral Home with the Rev. Floyd Hawthorne and Rev. Danny Davis officiating. Interment with Military Honors will follow at New Winnsboro Cemetery. Mr. Wright was born on July 27, 1931 in Winnsboro to the union of R. L. Wright Sr. and Cora Davis Wright and passed from this life on Sunday afternoon October 14, 2012 at Saint Francis Medical Center Monroe. He was a lifelong resident of Winnsboro, served 30 years with the Winnsboro City Police, of which 28 of those years as Chief of Police, a cattleman, a member of the VFW and served with the United States Army. He is preceded in death by his parents; his wife Bonnie Wright; sisters Ruby Gaulden and Keitha Ellerbe; and a brother Vernon Wright. Survivors include his children Robin Wright, Jeff Wright and wife Gloria, Rhonda Etheridge and husband Dale; brothers and sisters-in-law R. L. Wright Jr. & Sonja, Garvin Wright & Ada; sisters and brothers-in-law Mary Lea Norwood & Theodore, Viola Guice & Jimmy, Carolyn Sue Guillot & Buford, Faye Lyons & Roy; grandchildren Deshay Erskin, Jodie Russell, Josh Etheridge, Aimee Wright Brock, Ryan Garrett, John Aaron Garrett, Justin Johns and Jameson Johns; great grandchildren Gracelyn Ingram, Anna Clara Russell and future Aaron Hayze Garrett; longtime special friend and caregiver Betty O'Brien also survived by a host of nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Deshay Erskin, John Aaron Garrett, Ryan Garrett, Jeb Guice, Terry Wright and Todd Wright. Honorary pallbearers will be Terry Hendry and Seth Scriber. Friends may call for visitation on Tuesday 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/ouachita/obits/w/wright1381nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/lafiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb