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Additional WRIGHT Surnames in WESTLAWN MEMORIAL PARK (WESTLAWN) Cemetery
WRIGHT, Ethel P.WRIGHT, Dale A.WRIGHT, Jewel E.WRIGHT, Jewel E. (closeup)WRIGHT, Lewis C.WRIGHT, Dana L.LAWRENCE WRIGHT, Dana L.WRIGHT, Dana L. (closeup)WRIGHT, Lewis C. (closeup)WRIGHT, Donald J.WRIGHT, D. RexWRIGHT, Joyce ChloeWRIGHT, Joyce Chloe (closeup)WRIGHT, Garry E.WRIGHT, Mable E.WRIGHT, Mable E. (closeup)WRIGHT, Helen L.WRIGHT, Lena O.WRIGHT, Stephen D. Additional WRIGHT Surnames in HUTCHINSON County
WRIGHT, Cody SeaphWRIGHT, Clarence DanielWRIGHT, Floyd R.WRIGHT, Atha M.WRIGHT, BonnyWRIGHT, Doris “Peewee”WRIGHT, InfantWRIGHT, Sam J.WRIGHT, GertrudeWRIGHT, Gertrude (closeup)WRIGHT, Sam J. (closeup)WRIGHT, Grace E.WRIGHT, James Robert “Jim Bob”WRIGHT, J. C. NeillWRIGHT, R. G.WRIGHT, CarleneWRIGHT, Samuel J. “Jeff”WRIGHT, Tana L.WRIGHT, Zeda Mae
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Submitted: 5/3/21 • Approved: 5/3/21 • Last Updated: 5/6/21 • R416005-G416005-S3
Lewis C.
February 18, 1918-December 2, 2012
Dana L.
September 29, 1925-March 15, 2013
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Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary Lewis
(Published in Borger News Herald, February 20, 2013)
Lewis Calvin Wright age 94 passed away Sunday, December 2, 2012 at the Ambassador Courtyard Assisted Living facility in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Lewis was born in Kingsmountain, North Carolina to Joel Wesley Wright and Pearl (Carpenter) Wright. He moved to Gastonia when he was small and in 1934 his family moved to Asheville, North Carolina where his father owned the Smoky Mountain Trailways and was part owner of Queen City Trailways in Charlotte. After graduating from Lee Edwards High School he received a Chemical Engineering degree from North Carolina State University. He was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity. During World War II, Lewis was associated with making the Atomic Bomb in Oakridge, Tennessee. He continued his education and obtained a Master's Degree in Chemical Engineering. In January, 1957 Lewis was offered a position with Phillips Petroleum Company as a chemical engineer in Borger, Texas. His family joined him in June the same year.
He is survived by his wife, his son and his wife; his daughter and her husband; his sister; and five grandchildren.
Some of the organizations Lewis participated in were Junior Chamber of Commerce, Executive Club, Bittmore Forest Country Club, North Carolina State University Alumni Association, American Chemical Society, First United Methodist Church, Fellowship Bowling Team, Administration Board, Texas Tech Dad's Association, Knife and Fork Club, Borger Stamp Club, Borger Country Club and Meals on Wheels.
He enjoyed playing golf, fishing, photography, stamp collecting, music and traveling. He stayed active in the First United Methodist Church. He enjoyed his community and the room it has given his family to grow.
Arrangements were entrusted to Daniel C. Schaudt of Schaudt's Glenpool Funeral Service & Cremation Care.
*Obituary Dana
Dana Lawrence Wright, age 88, passed away Friday, March 15, 2013 at the Ambassador Courtyard Assisted Living facility in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Dana was born in Asheville, North Carolina to Amen P. Lawrence and Jessie Mae (Parson) Lawrence. After graduating from Wellers School, she received an Associate's Degree from the University of North Carolina. In June 1957 Dana and the family moved to Borger, Texas after Lewis Wright, her belated husband of 65 years, was offered a position with Phillips Petroleum Company as a chemical engineer.
She is survived by her daughter, Cecilia Anne Seitz and her husband, Dwayne of Tulsa, her son, Lewis Wright, Jr and his wife, Terri, of El Paso, Texas, her sister Elizabeth Garland, Asheville, NC; along with five grandchildren.
Some of Dana's activities included the Twentieth Century Club, the Phillips Garden Club, Beta Sigma Phi Sorority, the Magic Plains Arts Council, the Amarillo Art Center Association, the Amarillo Art Alliance, the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts Association, the Community Forum, volunteered for the Red Cross and United Way, Meals on Wheels, a board member of the American Cancer Society with a term as president in 1974 and served as public information chairman, the Tri-City Community Concert Association, Women's Chamber of Commerce, the Borger Music Club, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
She was appointed to the followings: Board of the American Biographical Institute Research Association, member of the Panhandle Regional Planning Commission; member of the governing body of the Health Systems Agency, served on the review committee from 1978 to 1983.
Dana has been recognized in Personalities of the South Book of Honor, Who's Who in Community Service, and Notable American Award of the Bicentennial.
She enjoyed playing golf, music, traveling, collection old post cards, new bookplates, and antiques. She stayed active in the First United Methodist Church. She enjoyed her community and the room it has given her family to grow.
(Published by © Schaudt’s Funeral Service & Cremation Care Centers, March 16, 2013)
Contributed on 5/3/21 by neldapat
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