Obituary

Funeral of Le Roy Wright is to be Held Wednesday; Confederate Veteran Will be Buried with Rites of Church and Masonic Lodge
Le Roy Wright, an aged citizen of Plainview died at the Plainview Hotel at 7:15 this morning following a stroke of paralysis Sunday. All of the funeral arrangmenets have not yet been made. The services will be conducted at the residence of E.M. Carter, 512 West Third Street, Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 by Rev. T. B. Hayneie. Church Services at the grave will be under the auspices of the Masonic pastor of the First Presbyterian Lodge, of which Mr. Wright was a member. A call has been issued by C.S. Williams to members of that lodge to meet at the lodge quarters at 1:30 tomorrow. The Knights Templar will meet at the same time, in uniform, to escort. The funeral will be under the direction of A.A. Hatchell, of Paxton & Oswald.
Mr. Wright was born April 6, 1843, in Southern Indiana. He removed to Texas in 1852 with the family. From 1890 to 1906 he resided at Seymour, Texas, removing to Plainview in 1906. He has made this city his home since that time.
He was married to Miss Fannie McJilton, in Milford, Texas, in 1873. His son Le Roy Wright, of Gaines County, and daughters, Mrs. W.P. Rogers, of Milford, and Mrs. Forrest Taylor, of Fort Worth, survive him. His brokers Frank, of Anson, Texas, John, of Hereford, and Marshall, of Pueblo, Colo., and his sister, Mrs. C.L. Carter, of Portales, N.M., are here. His children, Mrs. Rodgers, Le Roy Wright and Mrs. Taylor, are expected tomorrow.
For many years Mr. Wright has been a member of the Masonic Lodge and a member of the Presbyterian Church. (Plainview Evening Herald, May 2, 1916)