Obit of Wright, Forrest Ellsworth - Cotton County, Oklahoma

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::Memory Gardens Mausoleum--Amarillo TX

Amarillo Globe News 18 Feb 1999

Forrest Ellsworth Wright

Forrest Ellsworth Wright, 78, of Amarillo, died Wednesday, Feb. 17, 1999.

Services were at 10 a.m. today in Memory Gardens Cemetery Mausoleum with 
Windell Taylor, chaplain at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical 
Center, officiating. Arrangements were by Schooler-Gordon Funeral 
Directors, 5400 Bell St.

Mr. Wright was born in Walters, Okla. He served with the Army during World 
War II in Rhineland and Central Europe from 1942 to 1946. He was awarded 
the World War II Victory Medal, Meritorious Unit Award, Good Conduct 
Medal, American Campaign Medal and European/African Middle Eastern 
Campaign Medal.

Mr. Wright was a heavy-equipment operator and mechanic. He was a Baptist.

He married Mattie Werner in 1966 in Amarillo.

Survivors include his wife; a stepson, Robert Gore of Dallas; four 
stepgrandchildren; and eight stepgreat-grandchildren.

The family suggests memorials be to the American Heart Association or the 
American Cancer Society.
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