Obituaries:  Kenneth Wright, Sabine, Vernon Parish       W-623
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Oct 30, 1975
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Kenneth Wright

  A 40 year old Hornbeck man was killed in a hunting accident
about 7:30 a.m., Monday, Oct. 27, near Hornbeck, according to Dr.
S. J. Jones, Vernon Parish Coroner.

  The death of Kenneth Wright, 40, was ruled accidental by Dr.
Jones.

  Wright and his son, Andy, 10, were squirrel hunting, according
to officials. The victim reportedly shot at game several times,
and missed, when young Wright fired his single barrel shotgun,
accidentally hitting his father at point blank range in the right
hip.

  Jones said the blast fractured all of the internal pelvic
structures.

  Vernon Parish Sheriff's Deputy Archie Lee Martin assisted in
carrying Wright out of the woods. Martin said Wright was
breathing, but unconscious when placed in the ambulance.

  Wright was pronounced dead in the emergency room of Leesville
General Hospital at about 9:20 a.m.

  The victim was a civilian employee at the Ft. Polk military
installation.

  Mr. Wright is survived by his widow, Mrs. Frances Abbott Wright;
one son, Andy Wright; and two daughters, Renee Wright, and
Angelia Wright, all of Hornbeck; his foster parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Leon Cooley of Moss Bluff; three brothers, Gay Wright, and Leon
Wright, both of Denver, Colorado, and Ray Wright of Longville;
two sisters, Margaret Young of Mittie, and Joyce Mase of Day
Creek; three foster brothers, Grady Cooley, and Charles Cooley,
both of Moss Bluff, and Robbie Cooley of Westlake; and one foster
sister, Shirley Whittaker of Moss Bluff.

  Funeral services were held Wednesday, Oct. 29, at 1 p.m., at the
Union Baptist Church. The Rev. C. H. Welch officiated.

  Pallbearers were Glen Nelms, John Fuller, Ronald Brown, Gene
Cabra, Rozelle Fletcher, and Gerald Greene.