Mexia Daily News - Jan. 28, 2004 edition

J. B. Wright

TEAGUE - Funeral services for J. B. (Brother Wright) Wright, 93, of Teague,
will be held Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock in Grove Island A.M.E. Church. The
Reverends L.B. Perry and Roger Hunter will officiate. Burial will be in Grove
Island Cemetery, under direction of Moore's Angelic Funeral Home.

Mr. Wright, a member of Titus Chapel United Methodist Church of Teague, was a
lifelong resident of Freestone County, and was a retired employee of Teague
Brick & Tile.

Honorably discharged from the U.S. Army, he served in World War II, and was
born in Freestone County on July 9, 1910. Mr. Wright died Sunday in the
Veterans Hospital at Temple.

Surviving are two daughters, Inez Haynes of Teague and Sereatha Ann Mayson of
Spring; three grandchildren - Oratha Rae Jackson and husband Ron of Paris, Tx.,
Kella Lynette Small and husband Gregory of Teague, and Tami M. Small of Teague;
eight great-grandchildren - Chris and wife Lequita, Jeremie, Dameion, Brandi,
Aneshia, Jason, J.J. and J.B.; three great-great-grandchildren - Deandra,
Christian and Megan; nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Pallbearers are Lewis Randle, Jimmy Abram, Charles Johnson, Eugene Carter,
Terrance Kerven and John McLory.