AMERICAN VETERAN

Oklahoman Archives 
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
October 16, 1956, pg 4

WILLIAM MELVIN WRIGHT

Services for William Melvin Wright, 30, of 3321 SE 19, will be at 10 am Wednesday in the Carter Park Baptist church. Burial will be in Arlington Memorial cemetery.

Wright, an electric contractor, died Sunday morning when his car went out of control and over a bridge in the 4600 block of SE 15. He was born in Cloud Chief, and had lived here since 1945. He was a veteran of World war II and the Korean war, and was a member of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Midwest City Elks and Siloam lodge.

Surviving are his wife, Gerral Dean, a son, Billy Gene, and three daughters, Gayle Ann, Patricia Kay and Donna Ray, all of the home; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Wright. and a grandmother, Mrs. W. E. Cotter, all of 3917 Del road; a sister, Mrs. L. V. Harris . 3913 Del road, and a brother, Winfred H. Wright, 1913 SW Grand Blvd.

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