Freed-Hardeman Connections
Researching the Restoration Movement in Mississippi and West Tennessee
P. G. Wright
Grave?
According to the death certifcate of brother Wright and funeral home records, he is buried in the Booneville City Cemetery, but I have not been able to locate it. I suspect he is buried in an unmarked grave next to his mother.
Below is an account of the passing of the mother of Perry G. Wright.
Aged Citizen Passes Away
In the death of Mrs. Clarissa Wright, at her home in Booneville Monday Morning, Booneville and Prentiss County lost one of its oldest People. Mrs. Wright was nearly 86 years of age, having been born in 1844, in what was then Old Tishomingo County. She was the daughter of Alex McCreary, one of the county's pioneer settlers. She was a young lady during the dark days of the Civil War and could tell many stories of the hardships, privations, and the loyal devotion of the people during those days. After the war she was united in marriage to John Wright, who had seen four years service in the cause of the Confederacy. Mr. Wright had been captured at Fort Donaldson and was held in prison for quite awhile.
Her husband only lived a few years after their marriage, leaving a good woman with two small children, Bro. P.G. Wright, who is now teaching in Alcorn County, and Miss Fannie with whom she lived for many years.
Mrs. Wright came of hardy long-lived people, her father, Alex McCreary, living to be 95 years old, and she now has living two brothers, Andy, who is past 90 years of age, and Will, who is 84, and one sister, Mrs. Lizzie Cox, who is 80.
Mrs. Wright has been a faithful member of the Church of Christ for many years. Her funeral was conducted by a life-long friend, Elder Lee Shook, of Belmont, after which the body was tenderly laid to rest in the Booneville Cemetery. The bereaved son and daughter have the deep sympathy of many friends at the going of this splendid lady, who did so much in her quietway for making the world better.
The Booneville Independent 6 December 1929
Grave?
According to the death certifcate of brother Wright and funeral home records, he is buried in the Booneville City Cemetery, but I have not been able to locate it. I suspect he is buried in an unmarked grave next to his mother.
Below is an account of the passing of the mother of Perry G. Wright.
Aged Citizen Passes Away
In the death of Mrs. Clarissa Wright, at her home in Booneville Monday Morning, Booneville and Prentiss County lost one of its oldest People. Mrs. Wright was nearly 86 years of age, having been born in 1844, in what was then Old Tishomingo County. She was the daughter of Alex McCreary, one of the county's pioneer settlers. She was a young lady during the dark days of the Civil War and could tell many stories of the hardships, privations, and the loyal devotion of the people during those days. After the war she was united in marriage to John Wright, who had seen four years service in the cause of the Confederacy. Mr. Wright had been captured at Fort Donaldson and was held in prison for quite awhile.
Her husband only lived a few years after their marriage, leaving a good woman with two small children, Bro. P.G. Wright, who is now teaching in Alcorn County, and Miss Fannie with whom she lived for many years.
Mrs. Wright came of hardy long-lived people, her father, Alex McCreary, living to be 95 years old, and she now has living two brothers, Andy, who is past 90 years of age, and Will, who is 84, and one sister, Mrs. Lizzie Cox, who is 80.
Mrs. Wright has been a faithful member of the Church of Christ for many years. Her funeral was conducted by a life-long friend, Elder Lee Shook, of Belmont, after which the body was tenderly laid to rest in the Booneville Cemetery. The bereaved son and daughter have the deep sympathy of many friends at the going of this splendid lady, who did so much in her quietway for making the world better.
The Booneville Independent 6 December 1929