Obituaries: Florence Wright Dalton, 1987, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: June 3, 1987 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Florence Dalton

Services were held for Florence Wright Dalton Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Southern
Chapel with Rev. Ray Teal officiating.  Interment was in Winnfield City
Cemetery.

Florence Wright Dalton died Monday, June 1, 1987 at 8 p.m. in Baton Rouge. She
was born July 18, 1898 in Winnfield, Louisiana and was the daughter of James
David Wright and Sara Alice Long Wright, a pioneer family of the area arriving
in the late 1850s.

She was preceded in death by a son, Newton Cleburn Dalton and brothers and
sisters: Sara Alice Wright, Alma W. Harrell, Pearl Wright Harrell, Wade A.
Wright, John M. Wright, James David Wright, Roy W. Wright, William H. Wright.

Mrs. Dalton lived in Winnfield until she moved to Baton Rouge with her
brother, Dr. Roy Wright in 1953, and lived at her residence on Eastwood Drive
until now.

Mrs. Dalton is descended from a large family that has many inroads in the Winn
Parish area.  She was devoted to care of her mother and son, Cleburn.

Mrs. Dalton leaves a daughter in law, Helen Collins Dalton; three
grandchildren, David Dalton, Darrell Dalton, and Deborah Dalton Ellebee; two
great grandchildren, Nicole Ellebee and Beau Ellebee; a nephew, William H.
Wright, Jr.; great nephews and nieces: Dr. Robert Hanchey, Ben Hanchey, James
Hanchey, Alex Carlson, Harold Wright Carlson, Alma Carlson, W. H. Wright III,
Arwin W. McKnight, and Charlotte Wright.