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William Arthur Bright[1]

Male 1892 - 1968  (75 years)


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  • Name William Arthur Bright 
    Born Jun 04, 1892  Elizabethtown, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Jan 24, 1968  Winnfield, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried New Jerusalem Cemetery, Winn parish, Louisiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
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      Obituaries: William Arthur Bright, 1969, Winn Parish, LA
      January 30, 1969 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American
      W. A. Bright, 76, Succumbs; Rites At Jerusalem
      William Arthur Bright, 76, of Route 3, Winnfield, died at his home at 8 p.m. Friday, January 24, 1969.  He was a native of Kentucky and a retired railroad man.  Funeral services were held at 4 p.m. Sunday in New Jerusalem Baptist Church near Winnfield.  Rev. E. B. Barton and Rev. Ernest Evans officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery under direction of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home in Winnfield.  Survivors are his wife, Willie H. Bright of Route 3, Winnfield; a son, Clarence Bright of New Orleans; four daughters, Beatrice Killen and Dorothy Barton, both of Winnfield, and Betty Ruth Boatwright of Visalia, Calif., and Lorene Varnell of Hammond; two brothers, Charlie Bright of Winnfield and I. N. Bright of Sarasota, Fla.; 11 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.  Pallbearers were John Hubbard, Roger Barton, Joseph Bright, Elic Roberts,
      Jerry Drewett, Rev. Thomas Cobb.
    Person ID I58709  mykindred
    Last Modified Aug 3, 2005 

    Father George Stephen Bright,   b. Jul 27, 1861, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Nov 10, 1910, Morris Ferry, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years) 
    Mother Leonia Julia Dobson,   b. Aug 15, 1870, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jan 16, 1903, Wilton, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 32 years) 
    Married circa 5 Feb 1886 
    Family ID F20707  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Willie Octavia Harrison,   b. Oct 08, 1893,   d. Dec 08, 1970  (Age 77 years) 
    Married Aug 14, 1912 
    Children 
     1. Clinton Olan Bright,   b. Nov 19, 1919,   d. Mar 29, 1920  (Age 0 years)
     2. Clarence Edward Bright,   b. Aug 13, 1918,   d. Y
     3. Ethel Beatrice Bright,   b. Dec 28, 1922,   d. Y
     4. Dorothy Mae Bright,   b. Mar 16, 1925,   d. Y
     5. Betty Ruth Bright,   b. Jul 03, 1926,   d. Y
     6. Living
    Family ID F20725  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1083] Gedcom - Whatley, Gordon & Carolyn.