Individual Details

Dewey S Wright

(22 Jan 1908 - 27 Aug 1966)

Daily American Republic, Poplar Bluff, Missouri, August 29, 1966, Page 10, Col. 3: Dewey S. Wright, Highway Worker, Dies At Age 58. Dewey S. Wright, 58-year-old employee of the Missouri Highway Department, died unexpectedly of an apparent heart attack en route to the Lucy Lee Hospital Sunday. Mr. Wright resided at 300 South C St. He was born on Jan. 22, 1908, at Rombauer, and had lived here all his life. On June 28, 1930, he was married to the former Miss Zelma Smith. She survives him. He also is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Lillian Wright [possible error], Poplar Bluff; two brothers, Marion Wright and C. E. Wright, both of Poplar Bluff, and four grand children. Funeral services for Mr. Wright, who was a veteran of World War II, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Greer Croy and Fitch Funeral Chapel with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery. The minister will be Father Louis Wyrach.

Events

Birth22 Jan 1908Rombauer, Butler Co., Missouri
Marriage28 Jun 1930Butler Co., Missouri - Zelma P Smith
Death27 Aug 1966Poplar Bluff, Butler Co., Missouri
BurialWoodlawn Cemetery, Poplar Bluff, Butler Co., Missouri

Families

SpouseZelma P Smith (1910 - 1988)
ChildLillian Lorene Wright (1931 - 2005)

Endnotes

1. Social Security Death Index.

2. Find A Grave.

3. Obituary of Dewey S. Wright, Daily American Republic, Poplar Bluff, Missouri, August 29, 1966, Page 10, Col. 3.

4. Ancestry.com, Missouri Marriages 1805-2002.

5. Obituary of Dewey S. Wright, Daily American Republic, Poplar Bluff, Missouri, August 29, 1966, Page 10, Col. 3.

6. Social Security Death Index.

7. Find A Grave.

8. Obituary of Dewey S. Wright, Daily American Republic, Poplar Bluff, Missouri, August 29, 1966, Page 10, Col. 3.

9. Woodlawn Cemetery, Phone call to 573-686-8633 on April 27, 2012. In Woodlawn east, Lot 135E, Space 5 & 6.

10. Obituary of Dewey S. Wright, Daily American Republic, Poplar Bluff, Missouri, August 29, 1966, Page 10, Col. 3.