Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Wright, George C. Jr., 1982 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ GEORGE C. WRIGHT JR. FRANKLIN - A funeral service for George C. Wright Jr., 71, was held Friday, Jan. 15 at 2 p.m. at Wright Funeral Home by Dr. R.E. Brittle. Burial was in Southampton Memorial Park. Pallbearers were: Robert Rhodes, Walter L. Young Sr., Vernie Gray Jr., McCoy Fowler, Junious T. Rainey, Wilbur Norvell, Harry Livesay, Herbert Worrell, Harry H. Heffinger, Jack T. Rainey, and Jack Story, all of Franklin; his nephews, W.H. Wright Jr., and George R. Wright of Suffolk, and Charles Howerton of Emporia. Wright died Wednesday, Jan. 13 in Southampton Memorial Hospital. A native of Nansemond County, he was the son of George C. and Sarah Morgan Wright, and the husband of Mrs. Lofton Grant Wright. He was a member of Holland Christian Church and a charter member of the Delaware Hunt Club. He was a self-employed paint contractor and had resided in Franklin 44 years. Besides his wife he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Mary Sue Saunders of Suffolk and Mrs. Virginia W. Wright of Chesapeake; one brother, David O. Wright of Franklin and many nieces and nephews. George Columbus WRIGHT, Jr., of Franklin, self-employed paint contractor, b. 12 Jun 1910, Nansemond Co., d. 13 Jan 1982, Franklin, interred in Southampton Memorial Park (Devotion II, Plot 196*), 15 Jan 1982, "Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 1, 1982, p. 6 *Additional information: Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, Southampton Memorial Park list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/somempk.txt Find a Grave Memorial #199453455 [no photo] D.Cert. 82-000179 His parents are buried in the Holland Municipal Cemetery. Holland list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/holland.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/w623g1ob.txt