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DATE: Tuesday, July 16, 1996                TAG: 9607160214
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WALTER WRIGHT

Walter Wright, 79, of 18 Parkview Ave., died July 13, 1996.

Survivors include his wife, Parthenia Wright; four daughters, Mary L. Williams, Emily Wright, Juanita Thomas, Joanne Thomas; a son, Walter L. Wright; two sisters, Helen Royster and Louise Bullock; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

The funeral will be conducted at noon Wednesday by the Rev. Harold Barnes in Fisher Funeral Home. Burial will be in Lincoln Cemetery. The family will assemble at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB