Obituaries: Sarah Alice Wright, 1942, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: March 26, 1942 Winn Parish Enterprise

Death Claims Sarah A. Wright Sunday March 22

Mrs. Sarah Alice Wright, 84, widow of the late James David Wright and aunt of
the late Huey P. Long, died at her home here at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 22, 1942,
after an illness of three months.

Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Monday at the First Baptist Church by Dr.
H. H. McBride pastor.  He was assisted by Rev. H. B. Hysell, pastor of the
Methodist Church and the Rev. Alwin Stokes, pastor of the Presbyterian Church. 
Burial was in the Winnfield Cemetery under the direction of the Southern
Funeral Home.

Pallbearers were Sheriff Bryant Sholars, Judge Cas Moss, Dr. C. M. Heflin, J.
W. Fowler, Hugh Mercer, Walter Allen, Miley Walsworth, and Rudolph Bernstein.

Mrs. Wright was born in Smith County, Miss., on March 3, 1853, and was brought
to Winnfield by her parents at one year of age.  She spent the remainder of
her life here.  Her husband, who died in 1900, was a Winn Parish merchant and
livestock dealer.

Surviving are three sons, Dr. Roy W. Wright of New Orleans, W. H. Wright of
Baton Rouge, and James D. Wright of Winnfield; three daughters, Mrs. E. B.
Harrell of DeQuincy, Mrs. D. W. Harrell of New Orleans, and Mrs. Florence
Dalton of Winnfield; two sisters, Mrs. Olive Wright of Winnfield and Mrs.
Julia Wright of Alexandria; two granddaughters, Mrs. C. W. Henchley and Mrs.
Oscar Carlson, both of DeQuincy; two grandsons, William Heard Wright of Baton
Rouge and Cleburn Dalton of Winnfield and a great grandson, James Henchey of
DeQuincy.