Obituaries: Olive Long Wright, 1960, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: January 14, 1960 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

One Of Nation's Oldest Twins Dies In Winnfield

Mrs. Olive Long Wright, a member of a set of twins said to be the oldest in
the United States, died in Winnfield Sunday, January 10, 1960 following
several weeks illness.  She was 97.

Mrs. Wright and her twin sister, Mrs. Julia Nugent, have for several years
been termed the oldest set of twins in the nation.  Mrs. Wright was a life-
long resident of Winnfield and her sister, who is presently recovering from
a broken hip, broken wrist and bruises incurred in a fall, is a resident of
Mansfield.

The twins, who were identical, were born July 16, 1862 during the Civil
War.  They were sisters of the late Huey P. Long, Sr., father of the late
Gov. and Senator Huey P. Long, Jr., the late Rep. George S. Long, and of the
present Governor Earl K. Long, and of Julius Long, a Shreveport attorney.

Mrs. Wright, the younger of the twins by just a few minutes, had lived in the
same spacious home here which she had occupied since 1900.  She was the mother
of eight children, four of whom are living.

Mrs. Nugent is the mother of nine children, five of whom are still living.

The Louisiana twins were several months older than the second oldest twins,
two men in Texas.  Mrs. Nugent is not the last surviving member of a family of
14 children.

Mrs. Wright took an active interest in civic life and politics although she
never entered public life herself.  Relatives described her as "very alert" up
to the time of her death.

Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. Monday in the Southern Funeral Home
Chapel with Dr. W. L. Holcomb and the Rev. W. R. Gage officiating.  Burial was
in the Winnfield Cemetery.

Acting as pallbearers were Lloyd Key, Robert Heard, Shirley Jackson, Jesse
Corley, Dalton Martin, and Judge Harwell Allen.

Honorary pallbearers were P. K. Abel, A. L. Allen, Dr. John T. Mosley, Troy
Smith, Mr., Judge Cas Moss, Matt Milam, Sr., Bryant Sholars, W. E. Heard,
Harley B. Bozeman, W. O. Averett, W. T. Norman, A. P. Burton, Walter Allen,
and Mack L. Branch.

Besides her sister, Mrs. Wright is survived by one son, James F. Wright of
Little Rock, Ark.; three daughters, Mrs. Annette W. Grigsby and Mrs. E. G.
Ezell, of Winnfield, and Mrs. F. W. Keefe of California; ten grandchildren and
13 great grandchildren.