Individual Details

Lonnie Grover Wright

(1 Dec 1905 - 9 Nov 1979)



Border Crossing at Port of Windsor, Ontario, Canada, for month ending 31 Jul 1925
Lonnie Wright, 19, Single, Born Prattville, AL, from Clanton, AL, U.S. citizen, speaks English, Baptist religion, laborer, purpose: Visit, going to Windsor. Nearest relative in country from which you came - Father: J. H. Wright, RR #7, Clanton, AL

1930 Census. Lamar, Randolph Co, AL
Monroe Patterson, age 31, married at 18, b. AL.
Mathie Lee, wife, 32, married at 19, b. GA
Mavis, dau, 12. Ernest, son, 9. Opal, dau, 7. Kathryne, dau, 1 year, 9 moths
Grady Lee Wright, 17, hired hand
Lonnie Wright, 24, hired hand

1940 Census. Lamar, Randolph Co, AL
Lonie Wright, 34, farmer. Edna, 28
Garvis, 8. Verna Mae, 6. Mary Jo 3

16 Oct 1940 World War II Draft Registration
Lonnie Grover Wright of Clanton, Chilton Co, AL was age 34, born 1 Dec 1905 in Prattville, AL. Mrs. Fannie Ellen Abbott, Mother, will always know his address. She lived at Rt 1, Stanton, Chilton Co. He worked for the WPA Project in Clanton. 5'6", 150 #'s, brown eyes, brown hair.
Note on card: Discharge, Sec 4, 31 Aug 1944

30 Nov 1945. Lonnie G. Wright, born 1905, AL, living in Wayne Co, GA, enlisted at Savannah in the Medical Department as a Private for Hawaiian department. He had a grammar school education and skilled in manufacture of electrical machinery and accessories. He was married.

1950 Census. Odum, Wayne, GA, Hh 147
Reddish Road
Lonnie G. Wright, 44, b. AL, Farmer
Annie N., wife, 37, b. GA
Nomia R., dau, 6, b. AL
Henry G., son, 4, b. GA
Edward V., son, 3, b. GA

Events

Birth1 Dec 1905Chilton County, Alabama
Death9 Nov 1979Brunswick, Glynn County, Georgia

Families

FatherJohn Henry Wright (1858 - 1929)
MotherEllen Bradley (1876 - 1947)
SiblingMettie Lee Wright (1903 - 1972)