Luther Lee Wright

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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

Luther married Julia Ellen Parmer before 1924. Julia was born on 20 Feb 1908 in Texas; died on 30 Jul 2000; was buried in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Virgie Lee Wright was born on 3 Nov 1923 in Bronson, Sabine County, Texas; died on 14 Nov 2003 in Santa Fe, Galveston County, Texas; was buried in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas.
2. Verlyn Wright was born on 15 May 1925 in Bronson, Sabine County, Texas; died on 1 Jan 2017 in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas; was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Funeral Home, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas.
3. Helen Louise Wright was born on 10 Jan 1926 in Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas; died on 3 Jan 2021 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas.
4. Winfred E. Wright was born on 31 Oct 1934 in Bronson, Sabine County, Texas; died on 13 Feb 2014 in Houston, Harris County, Texas; was buried in Oak Bluff Memorial Park, Port Neches, Jefferson County, Texas.

Thomas + Madie Belle Drawhorn. Madie (daughter of Jessie Miles Drawhorn and Rosa Paralee Loggins) was born on 11 Aug 1886 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 31 Mar 1974 in Nacogdoches County, Texas; was buried in Rosevine Cemetery, Rosevine, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In 1880, L.S/(T?) Wright and wife Mary J. were living in San Augustine County with their two oldest sons, John M and Thomas, along with three of his younger brothers, Jas.F.; Moncho; and Lonzo.

In 1900, he and Mary Jane, along with 9 children are living in Sabine County. Lloyd is a farmer. They live near Rush and Alice Birdwell and John and Celesta Fullen, as well as close to the widowed Mary A. Keller, born in South Carolina in Dec 1833.

In 1910 he is still in Sabine County, with six of his children, and three granddaughters, Florence and Era DRAWHORN and Leitha SHARVANO. Daughters Rosa's last name is also listed as SHARVANO. (All three daughters of Rosa?).

Lloyd + Mary Jane Keller. Mary was born on 2 Jul 1857 in South Carolina; died on 14 May 1908 in Texas; was buried in McMahan's Chapel Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Kay Parker McCary, in her annotated transcription of the McMahan Chapel Cemetery, shows her as the daughter of John Keller and Mary Ann McCord.

Jessie married Rosa Paralee Loggins on 18 Dec 1881. Rosa was born on 21 Mar 1867; died on 9 Jun 1899; was buried in Chinquapin Cemetery (Loggins Family Burial Ground), Macune, San Augustine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her FindAGrave memorial page shows her as a daughter of William Duffield Loggins and Ursula Narcissus Kirksey.

Lloyd married Rosa Jane Streeter on 4 Dec 1875. Rosa was born before 1855; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]