Isle of Wight-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Wright, James H., 1967 

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JAMES HARRISON WRIGHT 

   CARRSVILLE - A funeral service for James Harrison Wright was conducted 
Tuesday at 11 a.m. in W.J.M. Holland & Sons Funeral Home, Franklin, by the 
Rev. Edwin C. Thornton Jr. of Beaver Dam Baptist Church.

   Pallbearers were J.D. Weaver, W.T. Winborne, L.E. Gardner Jr., John Edward 
Rose, William Rose, Edwin Bynum, John F. Duke Jr. and Ralph Outland.

   Wright, 93, the husband of the late Mrs. Missouri Johnson Wright [sic*], 
died Sunday at 6:30 p.m. in a Suffolk nursing home.

   A native of Isle of Wight County, he was a son of William Aaron and Mrs. 
Carrie Cook Wright. [sic*] 

   He was a retired farmer and member of Beaver Dam Baptist Church.

   Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Gladys Miles, and a son, J. DeWitt Wright, 
both of Carrsville; and three grandchildren.


James Harrison WRIGHT, retired farmer, 
Isle of Wight Co. native, d. 12 Nov 1967, Suffolk, age 93, 
interred in Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery**, near Franklin, 1967, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Nov. 16, 1967, p. 8 

*Text confused - Missouri was his mother, Carrie his wife. 

Carrie's obit ("Tidewater News," Feb. 21, 1957) at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/w623c1ob.txt 

They were married 26 May 1915 in Southampton Co. by Jesse McCarter, 
   but the license may not have issued there.  The record from the BVS copy 
   of the Southampton Co. M.Reg. (#110) has been added to MB16: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb16pt.txt 

**His mother is also buried there. 
   Beaver Dam list (BD-81), an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/bvrdam.txt 

His father, a Confederate veteran, is listed there, but he may be buried 
   elsewhere.  He d. 4 Apr 1884 in Nansemond Co.  A biographical sketch 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/military/civilwar/cw_vets.txt 


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Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager. 

file at: 
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