The Virginian-Pilot
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DATE: Sunday, January 22, 1995               TAG: 9501220029
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DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   25 lines

IDA WRIGHT

Ida Wright, 73, of the 5800 block of Branch St., died Jan. 19, 1995.

She was a member of Grove Baptist Church.

Survivors include a sister, Mary M. Copeland of Suffolk; two brothers, Joe Wright of Suffolk and James Wright of Baltimore, Md.; a brother-in-law, John Copeland; two nieces, Evangelist Dianna Harris and Constance Patillo; four nephews, Alexander Thomas, Lawrence C. Thomas, Nathaniel Thomas and Vernon Thomas; and cousins, Beatrice Trotter, Elizabeth Bowman, Armentra Patillo and Marion Jones.

A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Grove Baptist Church by the Rev. Melvin O. Marriner Sr. Burial will be in Pentecostal Holiness Church Cemetery. Fisher Funeral Home is handling arrangements. The family will be at 5809 Branch St., Portsmouth, Va. 23703.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB