Obituaries: Hiram James "Jim" Wright, Jr., 1975, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: October 8, 1975 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Funeral Rites For Jim Wright Held Sunday

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the First United Methodist
Church in Winnfield for Hiram James "Jim" Wright, Jr., who was shot Tuesday.

Officiating were the Rev. Eskel Tatum, the Rev. Calvin Phelps, and the Rev.
Robert Gage.  Burial was in the Garden of Memories in Winnfield under the
direction of Southern Funeral Home.

Mr. Wright was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Winnfield and
was employed by the Shreveport Police Department.

Survivors include his parents, Judge and Mrs. Hiram J. Wright, Sr. of
Winnfield; one brother, Earle Wright of the U. S. Navy; two sisters, Miss
Katherine Wright and Miss Mary Wright, both of Winnfield; maternal
grandmother, Mrs. J. G. Morgan of Beaumont, Texas; and paternal grandmother,
Mrs. H. W. Wright of Jonesville.

Pallbearers included John Waters, Stanley Martin, Mark Johnson, J. D. Gray,
Frank Phillips, and Ray Shell.