Typed by: Kay Ward
WRIGHT, ANDREW WILSON
Surnames: WRIGHT, ABLES, CHRISTIANSON, SCHILLING
Andrew Wilson Wright, b March 11, 1916 in Lott-was a son of James Meredith and
Lula Lucretia (Ables) Wright. On August 21, 1940. Andrew married Velma Agnes
Christianson, moving to Temple, Texas where he was employed at the McCloskey
Government Hospital.
Andrew grew up in Lott and attended Baylor University. He joined the U.S. Army
during World War II, and served with the 279th Engineering Battalion, going to
the European Theater of War on November 14, 1943. He served with his unit at
Normandy, building the bridge over the River Rhine, and was in the Battle of the
Bulge. After the war, he returned to Temple as a Builder and Contractor. The
family moved to Houston subsequently, where their only son Roger Lewis Wright, b
July 24, 1942 in Temple, married Linda Jean Schilling.
Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing these bio of these
Falls County Families to this Web page
"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical
Commission,
page 504, column 1 and column 2
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