Obituaries: James Fountain Wright, 1960, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: March 24, 1960 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Fount Wright, 64, Succumbs; Buried Here March 19

Funeral services were held Saturday, March 19, for James Fountain Wright, 64,
of Winnfield, who died Thursday, March 17, of double pneumonia at the Veterans
Hospital, Little Rock, Ark.

Mr. Wright was the son of Mrs. Olive Wright, who died two months ago at the
age of 97.  He is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Eula Ezell and Mrs. Annette
W. Grigsby, of Winnfield, and Ms. Festus W. Keefe of Long Beach, Calif.

The funeral rites were in the Southern Funeral Home chapel, with Dr. W. L.
Holcomb officiating, assisted by Rev. Robert W. Gage.  Ann Sowers, accompanied
by Bobby Maxey at the organ, sang "Rock of Ages" and "Abide With Me".  The
casket was draped with an American Flag, dedicated after the funeral to the
Veterans of Foreign Wars, of which Mr. Wright was a member.  It will be
displayed in his honor.

Interment was in Winnfield Cemetery under direction of Southern Funeral Home.
Pallbearers were veterans with whom Mr. Wright had been associated with during
World War I. They were as follows: Louis Lane, Dalton Martin, Louis Jenkins,
Jess Corley, T. B. Plunkett, Louis Sholars, John T. DeLoach; also A. B.
Collier.  Honorary pallbearers were Manton Wood, Houston Smith, Bill Holstead,
Colvin "Cotton" Long, Robert Holland, Malory Jenkins, Albert Long.