I566: Afton Elvin WRIGHT (2 Jan 1906

Afton Elvin WRIGHT

2 Jan 1906 - 20 Nov 1966

BIRTH: 2 Jan 1906, Arkansas
DEATH: 20 Nov 1966, Magazine, AR
BURIED: Old Union Cemetery, Magazine, AR

Father: James Ausborn WRIGHT
Mother: Carolina Tennessee THOMPSON

Family 1 : Rethal Edith McGEE

Billie Allen WRIGHT

                                                     _Willis WRIGHT ____+
                            _Edward Ausburn WRIGHT _|
                           |                        |_Mary (WRIGHT) ____
 _James Ausborn WRIGHT ____|
|                          |                         _Rowland CHAPPELL _
|                          |_Sarah Anne CHAPPELL ___|
|                                                   |_Veina (CHAPPELL) _
|
|--Afton Elvin WRIGHT 
|
|                                                        _Robert P. THOMPSON _+
|                               _James Jerome THOMPSON _|
|                              |                        |_____________________
|_Carolina Tennessee THOMPSON _|
                               |                         _John MCCAULEY ______
                               |_Mary Jane MCCAULEY ____|
                                                        |_Lucinda (MCCAULEY) _

Notes:

Also known as "Shorty". Was listed as living in Magazine at the time of his father's death in 1938. Working on "Home Farm" in DeView, "South of Road", in the 1920 Census.
Marriage announced in the Booneville Democrat, July 12, 1934.

Full name and birth date (11-20-1908 differs from date on gravestone) obtained by Pat Bodine from an interview of Mamie Lee Wright Burnam on 7 July 2000.

Afton Wright's Obituary in Magazine, Logan County newspaper, Booneville Democrat, November 24, 1966:
	Shorty Wright Afton E. Wright, 60, of Magazine died Sunday at a Paris hospital. He was a retired carpenter. Survivors include his wife, Rethal; one son, Billy Allen of Houston, Texas; three brothers, Manard of Brinkley; Jimmy of Hot Springs, and Vadon of Fort Smith; five sister, Mrs. Bell Elkins of Magazine; Mrs. Izetta Erp of Lubbock, Texas; Mrs. Manie Barham of Danville, and Mrs. Carrie McCrary and Edna Mikles, both of Boonville, and two grandchildren. Funeral service was Tuesday at 2 p. m. at the Magazine First Methodist Church with the Rev. Miss Fern Cook and Rev. W. J. Spicer officiating. Burial was at Old Union Cemetery under the direction of McConnell Funeral Home, Greenwood.

Picture taken 25 June 2000

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