Submitted by Robert L. Haddock

 

 

Temple Daily Telegram

Temple, Bell Co., Texas

Sunday, December 16, 1973

 

Mrs. Wright

 

     ROSEBUD – Mrs. Grace Wright, 85, of Lott died Sunday in a Rosebud hospital after a long illness.

 

     Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Green Funeral in Rosebud, the Rev. A. A. Bratcher officiating. Burial will be in the Riesel Cemetery in Riesel near Marlin.

 

     Mrs. Wright had lived most of her life in McLennan and Falls counties. She was born in Durango community near Eddy. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Merridt M. Wright of Durango.

 

     She was a member of the National Retired Teachers Association, the Lott Chapter 594 of the Order of the Eastern Star, the Rebecca Lodge of Waco and the Grace Temple Baptist Church in Waco. She received her degree from North Texas State University in Denton and also attended Dayton University.

 

     Surviving are a number of nieces and nephews.