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Submitted: 5/3/21 • Approved: 5/3/21 • Last Updated: 5/6/21 • R416020-G416018-S3
Garry E.
1918-1990
Please see military marker
Mable E.
1917-2000
Married September 7, 1940
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Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary Garry
PAMPA - Garry Eugene Wright, 71, Pampa, died Friday, May 4, 1990, in Pampa.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in Zion Lutheran Church with the Rev. Art Hill, pastor, officiating.
Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery by Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors of Pampa.
Mr. Wright was born Oct. 7, 1918 at Junction City, Ark., and moved to Pampa from Austin in 1982.
He worked for Phillips Pipeline for 47 years, retiring in 1982. He was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, and a World War II US Navy veteran.
He married Mable Harris Sept. 7, 1940 in Panhandle.
He was preceded in death by a son, Stephen Douglas Wright in 1966.
Survivors include his wife; one daughter, Eugenia Moore of Houston; two brothers, James Elton Wright of Austin; and Robert Lee Wright of Earp, Calif.; one granddaughter, Tammie Nicholas of Houston; and one great-granddaughter, Mindy Lee Nicholas of Houston.
(Published in Borger News Herald, May 6, 1990)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Garry Wright
Death Date: 4 May 1990
Death County: Gray
Gender: Male
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Gary E. Wright
Last Residence:
79065 Pampa, Gray, Texas, USA
Born: 17 Oct 1918
Died: 4 May 1990
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Garry Eugene Wright
[Gary E Wright]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 7 Oct 1918
Birth Place: Eldrado Unio, Arkansas
[Union County, Arkansas]
Death Date: 4 May 1990
Father: Robert G Wright
Mother: Jennie L Chisholm
Notes: Jan 1937: Name listed as GARRY EUGENE WRIGHT; 14 May 1990: Name listed as GARY E WRIGHT
*Mable
Social Security Death Index
Name: Mable E. Wright
Last Residence: 77588 Pearland, Brazoria, Texas, United States of America
Born: 12 Jun 1917
Died: 3 Mar 2000
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Mable Elora Harris
[Mable H Wright]
[Mable Wright]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 12 Jun 1917
Birth Place: Moore, Oklahoma
[Moore Clevel??, Oklahoma]
Death Date: 3 Mar 2000
Father: Allen W Harris
Mother: Ola E Strother
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Notes: Jan 1940: Name listed as MABLE ELORA HARRIS; Oct 1943: Name listed as MABLE H WRIGHT; 26 Apr 2000: Name listed as MABLE E WRIGHT
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