Obituaries:  Willie O. Wright, Sabine Parish       W-623
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Mar 26, 1981
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Willie O. Wright

  Funeral services for Willie Oscar Wright of Zwolle, were held on
Saturday, March 21, at 10:30 a.m., in the Zwolle First Baptist
Church. The Rev. Fisk Ray, church pastor, officiated.

  Burial was in the Zwolle Cemetery, under the direction of the
Warren Meadows Funeral Home.

  Pallbearers were Woodrow Salter, Mike Pearson, Michael Pearce,
Clarence Bullard, Sherman Tatum, Jim Graves, Pete McCormick, and
Dole Dewitt.

  Honorary pallbearers were Gene McLeroy, Kenneth Wright, Marbry
Wayne Greer, N. O. Wright, Jr., Oscar Wright, and Donald
Throckmorton.

  Mr. Wright died at 7 p.m., Wednesday, March 18, in Schumpert
Hospital in Shreveport, following an extended illness. He was 74.

  Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Bessie Wright of Zwolle; two
daughters, Sharon Ricke of Bossier City, and Kathryn Littlepage
of Colfax; two brothers, F. I. Wright of Natchitoches, and N. O.
Wright of Converse; three sisters, Sybil McLeroy of Houston,
Tex., Shirley Greer of Many, and Lucille Throckmorton of
Jacksonville, Ark.; and six grandchildren.

  Retired from the oilfield business, Mr. Wright remained active
operating a small herd of beef cattle, and a hay farm, until his
death.

  A former president of the Sabine Parish Fair, Mr. Wright also
worked as a committeeman out of the ASCS Office. He served the
Zwolle First Baptist Church as a deacon for some 45 years.

  Mr. Wright, a concerned citizen, was featured in a story urging
people to donate to the Sabine Parish Volunteer Blood Program
last year.