Obituaries:  Mr. James Elmer "Pat" Wright, Sabine Parish       W-623
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jul 9, 1997
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Mr. James Elmer "Pat" Wright

  Mr. James Elmer "Pat" Wright, 83, of Many, died at his residence
Saturday, July 5.

  Funeral services were held Monday, July 7, at 11 a.m., at First
Baptist Church of Many, with interment following at Zion Hill
Baptist Church Cemetery in Negreet. The Rev. Lawrence Hidalgo
Sr., Dr. Edwin Scott, and Dr. Kelly Fitzgerald officiated.

  Survivors include his widow, Grace Wright of Albuquerque, N.M.;
two daughters, Patsy McCormick and her husband Danny of Many, and
Cindy Calhoon and her husband Richard of Mandeville; one sister,
Marguerite Wright of Many; one brother, Howard Wright of Negreet;
four grandchildren, Brooke, and April McCormick, and Cara, and
Courtney Calhoon; and numerous nieces, nephews, and close
friends. Mr. Wright was preceded in death by a wife of 52 years,
Thea Evadne Self Wright.

  Mr. James Elmer "Pat" Wright was born June 24, 1914, in the
Negreet Community of Sabine Parish. He was next to the youngest
in a family of eight children, born to his parents, the late
Walker Maston Wright and Mary Sibley Wright, who migrated to
Sabine Parish in the reconstruction era. In Pat's early years, he
engaged in farming and raising commercial beef cattle in the
Negreet Community, until entering military service in 1942,
serving as a member of the U.S. Air Force Military Police,
stationed at San Marcos Air Base, San Marcos, Tex. In 1955, he
was elected Clerk of Court for Sabine Parish, and served until
his retirement in 1984. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent
to Samaritan Hospice of Natchitoches.

  Pallbearers were Harlon Wright, Harold Curtis, Leslie Lites,
Alfice Brumley, Joe Salter, Gene Wright, John Curtis, Bill Boone,
and Tommy Wright.

  Honorary pallbearers were Dollie Knippers, Priscilla Wolfe, Mary
Veuleman, Geraldine Curtis, Magda McCormick, Doris McDonald
Wright, Doug Curtis, Raymond Barnhill, Marguerite Faye Gandy,
Delores Geoghagan, Robert Dale Geoghagan, Kathy Alford, Debbie
LaGrange, Exia Jordan, Cindy Cabra, Kristy H. Salley, Wilma
Brumley, Billie Lou Luster, and Brenda Hilton.

  Warren Meadows, Many, La.