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Silas Alonzo "Lon" Wright
24 Jul 1884 – 17 Nov 1962
| Birth | 24 Jul 1884 |
| Death | 17 Nov 1962 |
| Cemetery | Tidwell Cemetery Tidwell , Hunt County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Michael Strickland on 26 Jul 2021 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7358461 |
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Hunt County, Texas, Marriages 1846-1911, page 519: groom: Wright, S.A. bride: Shanks, Effie married: 6 Aug 1905 recorded: marriage volume M page 455 Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 Name: Silas Alonzo Wright Event Type: Death Event Date: 17 Nov 1962 Event Place: Greenville, Hunt, Texas, United States Gender: Male Marital Status: Widowed Birth Date: 24 Jul 1884 Birthplace: Pilot Point, Texas Father's Name: Spencer L Wright Mother's Name: Minnie Cannon Certificate Number: 69532 GS Film number: Digital Folder Number: 005164764 Image Number: 00553 Citing this Record: "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3X6-GP9 : 5 December 2014), Silas Alonzo Wright, 17 Nov 1962; citing certificate number 69532, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm . Greenville (Texas) Herald Banner, Sun, 18 Nov 1962, page A5, Deaths, Wright Funeral Scheduled Today S.A. (Lon) Wright, 78, retired ginner and farmer, and a long-time resident of Hunt County, died at 10 a.m. Saturday in a Greenville nursing home after an illness of several months. His home address was 1611 Oneal street. Funeral services will be held in the Coker-Mathews-Peters chapel at 2 p.m. today. Dr. W. Harrison Baker of Dallas, and Rev. Fred Moore of Greenville will conduct the services, and burial will be in the Tidwell cemetery. Nephews of Mr. Wright will serve as pallbearers. A native of Pilot Point, Tex., Mr. Wright was born July 24, 1884, and was the son of Spencer and Minnie Cannon Wright. He came to Hunt County when he was a small boy, and had since lived in the Greenville area. Mr. Wright was known throughout this section for his ginning and farming activities. He was a Methodist by faith. He was married ot (sic) Effie Mae Shanks in Hunt County in 1904, and she preceded him in death, as did one son. Survivors are four sons, W.H. Wright of Celeste; Cecil Wright of Dumas, Tex.; Scott Wright of Greenville, and Charley Wright of Garland; five daughters, Mrs. John Singleton of Greenville; Mrs. C.J. Kirkman of Canyon, Tex.; Mrs. Finis Byrd of Greenville; Miss Fay Wright of Mexia, and Mrs. T.C. Robbins of Cactus, Tex. Also surviving are four brothers, Scotty Wright of Greenville; Joe Wright of Cuero; Sherman Wright of Hearn, and Ted Wright of Hooks, Tex.; three sisters, Mrs. D.W. Baker of Caddo Mills, Mrs. J.E. Woolbright of Quanah; Mrs. Emma Lacy of Amarillo; 16 grandchildren, two great grandchildren, and a large number of nieces and nephews.
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Siblings
- Joseph T Wright 1886–1968
- Scott Spencer Wright 1888–1975
- Katherine Elizabeth Wright Baker 1891–1975
- Minnie Wright 1895–1913
- Eula L Wright 1897–1920
- Annie Mary Wright Woolbright 1899–1991
- Willie Byrd or Bird Wright 1903–1925
- Emma Geneva Wright Lacy 1904–1982
- Sherman Wright 1907–1976
- Ted W. Wright 1910–1971
Children
- Wayland Herschel Wright 1907–1989 FaG
- Lonnie Mae Wright Singleton 1909–1972 FaG
- Cecil Lee Wright 1911–1983 FaG
- Scott Owen Wright 1912–1990 FaG
- Ina Faye Wright 1919–1981 FaG
- Charley Allison Wright 1920–2005 FaG
- Annie Ruth Wright Robins Stoughton 1924–2019 FaG
- Earl Ray Wright 1927–1928 FaG
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