Isle of Wight-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Wright, Leighton A., 1944 

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LEIGHTON AVNER WRIGHT 

L.A. WRIGHT OF NEAR WINDSOR WAS BURIED ON FRIDAY 

  Leighton Avner Wright, 64, member of an old Nansemond family, died Wednesday 
morning at 1 o'clock at his home near Windsor following a brief illness.  He 
was the son of the late Cornelius W. and Octavia Saunders Wright, and is 
survived by his wife, Mrs. Lucy Pierce Wright, a daughter, Mrs. A.C. Moore, of 
Suffolk; two granddaughters, Misses Marjorie and Evelyn Moore of Suffolk; a 
sister Mrs. Frank K. Duncan of Baltimore; two brothers, Jesse H. Wright of 
Miami, Fla., and T.B. Wright, of Ocean View; five half sisters, Mrs. F.M. 
Brown, Mrs. Hazel Roberts, Mrs. Fred Baker, Mrs. Allie Schawn of Norfolk, and 
Miss Selma Wright, of Catawba; two half brothers, C. Wallace Wright and Percy 
T. Wright, of Suffolk; his stepmother, Mrs. Etta J. Wright of Suffolk.

  Mr. Wright was a member of Woodland Methodist Church of Corinthian Masonic 
Lodge of Norfolk; of Willie Lee Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of South Norfolk; 
and of Oakdale Lodge of Odd Fellows No. 70, South Norfolk.

  Funeral services were held at residence Friday at 2 p.m.


Leighton Avner WRIGHT, farmer, 
Nansemond Co. native, d. 9 Feb 1944, at home, near Windsor, age 64, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block V, Plot 26*), Suffolk, 11 Feb 1944, 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 26, No. 47, Feb. 15, 1944 

Additional information: 

*Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_v.txt 

His Find a Grave Memorial (#92442631) gives his middle name as "Algeon," 
   though the included photo of his marker shows only his middle initial. 

His D.Cert. (#4379) also gives his middle name as "Avner" - the obits 
   typically agree with the death certificates (regardless of what may be 
   "correct.") 


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Carolyn Keen (VAHistoricHouses@aol.com) & 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

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