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DATE: SUNDAY, October 3, 1993                   TAG: 9310040170
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: E-2   EDITION: METRO 
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OBIT WRIGHT, JOHN WILLIAM JR.

WRIGHT, John William Jr., 61, of Roanoke, passed away, Tuesday, September 28, 1993. He was born June 20, 1932, in Roanoke County; the last of 12 children to the late John W. Wright Sr. and Mary Eulah Barnett Wright. He was preceded in death by nine siblings and the late Jacqueline Young Wright. Survivors include two stepdaughters, Nyeta Hooks and Artis Haith; one stepgranddaughter, Sonya Michelle Cheatham, all of Richmond; three sisters, Mrs. Catherine West, Mrs. Laura Hanks both of Roanoke; Mrs. Sue C. Stewart, Washington, D.C.; four nieces; seven nephews; ten great-nieces; four great-nephews; five great-great-nieces; eight great-great nephews; one most devoted life companion, Mrs. Elizabeth Stovall; and a host of cousins and friends. Funeral services will be held Monday, October 4, 1993, 2 p.m. at Hamlar Curtis Chapel with Rev. James P. Beatty. Burial in Cave Springs AME Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends Sunday from 7 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. 


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