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Luther Lee Wright

Male 1904 - 1963  (58 years)


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  • Name Luther Lee Wright  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Born 1 Oct 1904  Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Died 17 Jun 1963  San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Buried Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Notes 
    • https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JDPT-9PJ
      name: Luther Lee Wright
      death date: 17 Jun 1963
      death place: San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas
      gender: Male
      race: White
      death age: 58 years 8 months 16 days
      estimated birth date:
      birth date: 01 Oct 1904
      birthplace: Texas
      marital status: Married
      spouse's name:
      father's name: Thomas Wright
      father's birthplace:
      mother's name: Mattie Drawhorn
      mother's birthplace:
      occupation: Highway Worker
      place of residence: Bronson, Sabine, Texas
      cemetery: Rosevine
      burial place: Rosevine, Texas
      burial date: 18 Jun 1963
      Informant: Mrs. Julia Wright
      additional relatives:
      film number: 2117288
      digital film number: 4028547
      image number: 2405
      reference number: cn40236
      Collection: "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," Luther Lee Wright, 1963

      Obituary
      (Transcribed from undated, unreferenced clipping on his FindAGrave memorial page)

      Luther Wright Dies; Rites Set
      Funeral is Today at 4 For Resident of Rosevine

      San Augustine, Jun 17 Spl

      Funeral Services for Luther Lee Wright, 58, of the Rosevine Community, 12 miles south of San Augustine, will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday in the Rosevine Baptist Church.

      The Rev. Clarence Howell will officiate. Assisting will be the Rev. Noel Hammock. Burial will be in the Rosevine Cemtery. The Wyman Roberts Funeral Home of San Augustine is in charge of arrangements.

      Graveside Rites

      The Bronson Masonic Lodge, of which Mr. Wright was a member, will conduct graveside rites.

      Mr. Wright died at 8 a.m. Monday in San Augustine Memorial Hospital following a long illness.

      Native of Rosevine

      He was an employee of the Texas Highway Department in Sabine County. He was born in the Rosevine Community, Oct. 1, 1904 and was a Baptist.

      Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Julia Wright, Rosevine; three daughters, Mrs. Vergie Lee Roberts, Houston, Mrs. Verlyn Baber, Beaumont, and Mrs. Helen Bigley, Kingsville; one son, Winfred Wright, Rosevine; two sisters, Mrs. Madie Jordan, Beaumont, and Mrs. Hazel Sowell, Nacogdoches; two brothers, Arthur Wright, Beaumont, and Leon Wright, Houston; nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
    • (Research):

      Census Listings:

      1940 Census
      Texas, Sabine County, JP 6
      Enumerated April 26, 1940
      SD 42-2 ED 202-9 Sheet 12A
      Steep Creek Road
      O $900
      Wright, Luther Head M W 34 M 7 Tx Same Place Farmer
      Wright, Julia Wf F W 32 M 6 Tx Same Place
      Wright, Virgie Dtr F W 16 S Tx Same Place Student Public School
      Wright, Verlene Dtr F W 14 S Tx Same Place Student Public School
      Wright, Helen Dtr F W 13 Tx Same Place
      Wright, Winifred Son M W 5 S Same Place
    Person ID I41467  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 8 Jan 2021 

    Father Thomas Macajah "Cager" Wright,   b. 18 Jul 1878, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jun 1971, Houston, Harris County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years) 
    Mother Madie Belle Drawhorn,   b. 11 Aug 1886, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Mar 1974, Nacogdoches County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Family ID F14325  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Julia Ellen Parmer,   b. 20 Feb 1908, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jul 2000  (Age 92 years) 
    Married Bef 1924  [3
    Children 
     1. Virgie Lee Wright,   b. 3 Nov 1923, Bronson, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Nov 2003, Santa Fe, Galveston County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     2. Verlyn Wright,   b. 15 May 1925, Bronson, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jan 2017, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
     3. Helen Louise Wright,   b. 10 Jan 1926, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jan 2021, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years)
     4. Winfred E. Wright,   b. 31 Oct 1934, Bronson, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Feb 2014, Houston, Harris County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
    Last Modified 6 Nov 2012 
    Family ID F12463  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1 Oct 1904 - Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 17 Jun 1963 - San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1299] 1940 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.), Texas, Sabine County, JP 6 Enumerated April 26, 1940 SD 42-2 ED 202-9 Sheet 12A Steep Creek Road (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S33] FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, (http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/).

    3. [S51] McCary, Kay P. "Rosevine Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" Cemetery Index ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/.

    4. [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), # 71326887 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S483] 1920 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005, (For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the NARA web page. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1920 United States Federal Census, the Fourteenth Census of the United States. It includes all states and territories, as well as Military and Naval Forces, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, and the Panama Canal Zone. The census provides many details about individuals and families including: name, gender, age, birthplace, year of immigration, mother tongue, and parents? birthplaces. In addition, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1920 Federal Census.), Year: 1920; Census Place: Justice Precinct 6, Sabine, Texas; Roll: T625_1842; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 173 (Reliability: 3).