Individual Details

5 Jun 1917. World War I Draft Registration.
Luther Marshal Wright lived at Rt. 1, Clanton, AL - he was born 6 Aug 1892 in Coosa County. He was working as a laborer in a saw mill in Talladega County - J.P. Van Devier Jr was his employer. Luther was single and claimed no exemptions. Signed: L. M. Wright. He was Tall, medium build with gray eyes and dark hair.

US Army Transport Lists.
S. S. Antigone from St. Nazire, France, on 14 Ap 1919, arriving Newport News, 27 Apr 1919. Company C., 129th Mach. Gun
Luther M. Wright, Pvt 1 Class, Infantry. Father, James Shaderick Wright, father, of Clanton, Alabama.

Probably this Luther Wright.
1930 Census. Talladega, Talladega Co, AL, Hh 269
Luther M. Wright, 39, married at age 28, Laborer, Cotton Mill
Mary, wife, 29, married at age 18
Marshal, son, 9
Thelma, dau, 8
Marvin, son, 6
Lydia Gandy, aunt, 60, Widow

1940 Census. Prattville, Autauga, AL, Hh 258
Living at 235 6th Street - where they lived in 1935
Luther M. Wright, age 47, b. AL, road work for the WPA
Mary, wife, 39, Weaver, cotton mill
Marshal, son, 19
Marvin, son, 16
Alton, son, 9
Thelma Rowlinson, dau, 18, husband not living with her
Dorthy J. Rowlinson, grandaughter, 6 months

1950 Census. Mountain Creek, Autauga, AL, Hh 2
Luther Wright, 59, Service operator, Filling station
May, wife, 49
Alton, son, 19


Buried Shiloh Baptish Church Cemetery. He died 2 Jan 1968
Social Security has a death date of December 1967 - but the Alabama deaths and burials also shows 2 Jan 1968. His parents were listed as Jim Wright and Emma Boone

The Montgomery Advertiser, Montgomery, AL, 4 Jan 1968, Thursday, p. 2
PRATTVILLE
WRIGHT, Luther M., 76, a resident of 1420 Montgomery Highway and a native of Chilton County, died suddenly Tuesday at 7:30 am at his home.
Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Mary A. Wright of Prattville; a daughter, Mrs. Thelma Rawlinson, Prattville; three sons, Marvin F. Wright of Montgomery, Marshal N. Wright, Jackson, LA., Alton M. Wright, Bossier City, LA; a brother, Tommy Wright of Sylacauga; two sisters, Mrs. Betty Hurt, Sylacauga, Mrs. Nettie Hester, Prattville; eight grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Services will be at 11 am Thursday from Shiloh Baptist Church, Chilton County, with the Rev. J. W. Gentry officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery, White Funeral Home directing. The body will lie in state at the church 30 minutes prior to service time.

Birth	6 Aug 1892	Alabama
Death	2 Jan 1968	Prattville, Autauga County, Alabama

Father	James Shadrick Wright (1855 - 1936)
Mother	Emma Bone (1867 - 1936)
Sibling	William Jackson "Jack" Wright (1885 - 1964)
Sibling	Willis J. Wright (1888 - )
Sibling	Floyd Lushon Wright (1889 - 1935)
Sibling	Elizabeth "Bettie" Wright (1894 - 1972)
Sibling	Joel Martin "Mart" Wright (1896 - 1932)
Sibling	Nettie Georgietta Wright (1899 - 1973)
Sibling	Thomas J. Wright (1901 - 1974)
Sibling	Bartow Winfield Wright (1904 - 1941)