Obituary: John M. Wright (Obit. #2), 1939, wo
Submitted by Michael Drewett, 6321 Clegg Rd., Pensacola, FL 32526
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Source: Winn Parish Enterprise, Thursday, Jan. 5, 1939
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DEATH CLAIMS JOHN WRIGHT THURSDAY, 5:20
Funeral Services Friday, 3 P.M. From Family Residence
        Johnny M. Wright, 54 years of age, died at his home here Thursday
afternoon at 5:20 after an illness of a week's duration. Mr. Wright's
health had been bad for several months and his condition became critical
last week when he suffered a hemorrhage of the throat as he was returning
home from his work.
        Funeral services will be held at the family home Friday, 3 p.m.
with Dr. D. C. Land officiating. Interment will be in the Winnfield
cemetery. Pallbearers will be J. E. Carter, Joe Terrill, Hugh Mercer,
Bryant Sholars, Miley Walsworth, Everett Felix, Bill Waggoner and Judge
Cas Moss.
        Mr. Wright was the son of Mrs. Alice Long Wright and the late J.
D. Wright, prominent merchant and planter of this parish. He had served as
deputy sheriff of Winn for years and at the time of his death was office
deputy having charge of poll registrations. He was a member of Eastern
Star Lodge No. 151 F. & A.M.
        Surviving, besides his mother, are three sisters and three
brothers, Dr. Roy Wright of New Orleans, Jimmy Wright of Winnfield, and
Bill Heard Wright of Baton Rouge; Mrs. N. C. Dalton of Winnfield, Mrs. D.
W. Harrell of New Orleans and Mrs. E. B. Harrell of DeQuincy, La.