Established 1948

Katheryn L. Wright
1921 - 2013

Jerome D. Wright
1921 - 2018

Katheryn Lorene Haralson Wright, the daughter of Claude and Velma Hainline Haralson, was born December 19, 1921 in Collinsville, Texas and passed from this life on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital-WNJ in Sherman at the age of 91.
Katheryn graduated from Sherman High School in 1939 and worked the candy counter at S.H. Kress. She served in the Texas Women's Motor Corp before she married Jerome D. Wright of Denison in 1942. Katheryn and Jerome traveled extensively for 28 years while Jerome served in the Air Force. Katheryn led a life of service as a volunteer
to each community in which she lived. She was a nurse's aide for the Red Cross for ten years, a life member of the VFW Ladies Auxillary, a volunteer at Eisenhower's Birthplace, Jefferson Elementary School, TCOG, the Sherman Public Library and was treasurer for AARP in Sherman. She was a member of the Church of Christ and taught Sunday School and Bible School. She was a league member at the Twin City lanes for many years. Katheryn worked at Goetz Distributing and the Grayson County Tax Office after moving back to Sherman. But most important she was a loving and devoted wife of 70 years, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and friend. Her twinkling eyes and caring heart will be missed.
Katheryn was preceded in death by her parents, her brother Claude Haralson, Jr., sisters Mildred Ellis, Wilma Hughes, and Jodi Haralson.
She is survived by her husband, Jerome D. Wright of Sherman; son Jerry Wright and wife Ruth of Yorktown, Virginia; daughter Donna White and husband Larry of Sherman; grandsons Karl, Erich and Todd, granddaughters Jennifer and Carrie; 11 great grandchildren and her sister Chubby Mathis of Celina.
Graveside services were held Tuesday, April 16, at 10:00AM at the Cedarlawn Memorial Park. Tim Harkins of Sherman Bible Church officiated. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to favorite charity.
Services were under the direction of Waldo Funeral Home.

Lt. Colonel Jerome D. Wright, USAF (ret.), passed away quietly on Friday, December 7, 2018 after a brief illness.  He was 97.  Burial was held Saturday afternoon, December 15, 2018 at Cedarlawn Memorial Park.
Col. Wright was a native of Sherman, born on Valentine's Day, February 14, 1921.
He graduated from Denison High School and enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1939.  At the start of World War II he earned an Officer's commission and trained as a Navigator-Bombardier in the B-17 and B-24 aircraft.  He served in one of the first bomber squadrons assigned to the Pacific Theater and was stationed in Northern Australia and New Guinea.
After the war he attended the University of Oklahoma on the GI Bill, followed by work for the Texas Electric Company until he was recalled to the Air Force at the start of the Korea War.  J.D. continued in the Air Force until 1968 when he retired and returned to Sherman, where he remained until his recent passing.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 70 years, Katheryn Haralson Wright, also a Sherman native.
He is survived by his son, Jerry, and daughter, Donna; as well as 18 grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Cedarlawn Cemetery