 West Hill Cemetery Sherman, Texas
 Mary Wright 20 September 1886 d/o Wm. & May Wright Sherman Daily Democrat June 18, 1935 Page 7 Advice has been received by Mr. and Mrs. R.G. Piner, North Travis, of the death at San Angelo of Mrs. Will Wright. The body is to arrive in Sherman Wednesday at 10:10 a.m. and will be taken to the West Hill cemetery for interment. Mrs. Wright's husband was the son of Dr. Wright, a long time resident of Sherman and a brother of Mrs. C. T. Madlock, the former Miss Nannie Wright, who was at one time a teacher in the Sherman public schools. Brief burial services were held for Mrs. Will Wright at West Hill cemetery Wednesday at 10 a.m. The body was brought here from San Angelo. The Rev. Richard S. Watson, rector of St. Stephens Episcopal church, conducted the services. Pallbearers were J.D. Buster, Cal Freeman, Claude Boothman, Nat Brige, George Hamilton and J. F. Holt. Mrs. Wright's body was accompanied here by her husband W. A. Wright, and other relatives. Dannel-Scott Funeral home was in charge of local arrangements. Mr. Wright was president of the Texas bar association in 1922 and 1923 and is a prominent lawyer in Texas. His home is now in San Angelo.   Sherman Democrat July 5, 1945 Judge Wright, Early Grayson County Attorney, Dies Judge William A. Wright, 86, dean of the West Texas Bar and former Sherman attorney, died at San Angelo Tuesday following an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Friday at West Hill cemetery with the Rev. Ed Barcus, pastor of the Travis Street Methodist Church, officiating. Pallbearers will be Fifteenth District Court Judge Jesse F. Holt, City Attorney George Hamilton, J.D. Buster, C.T. Freeman, both private attorneys, and R.G. Piner. Burial will be in charge of John C. Dannel Funeral Home. Judge Wright had defended more than 160 persons on charges of murder up to the time he retired April 6, 1944. He was born September 26, 1858 in Mayfield, Kentucky and came to Texas in 1883 shortly after he graduated from a Michigan law school. He conducted a law practice in Sherman three years before moving to San Angelo 62 years ago. He served in the Texas Legislature in 1899 to 1901 and was co-author with John Nance Garner of the Wright-Garner land bill passed by the 27th Legislature. He was President of the Texas Bar Association in 1922 and 1923 and served three terms of the San Angelo school board. He built up a $35,000 law library, which he stored upon his retirement. Just before he retired, he was associated with two grandsons, Clifton H. Tupper, Jr. and William Tupper, both now in service. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Clifton H. Tupper; two grandsons and a granddaughter, Mrs. Bill Quick of San Angelo. West Hill Cemetery Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |
