Wright, Jesse Ancil

Passed: 1977-04-20

Age: 79

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Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1977-04-29

Information: Jesse Ancil Wright, 79, of Murraysville, was dead on arrival at the Jackson General Hospital Wednesday following a heart attack at home. He was born in Jackson County, son of the late Hiram and Dora Brannon Wright.  He was a member of the Ravenswood Church of Christ at Ravenswood and a retired mail carrier with 42 years service out of the Murraysville post office.  Survivors include his wife, Edith M. Wright; five sons, Robert Wright of Mantua, O., Kenneth Wright of Cheswick, Pa., Donald Wright of Huntington, Ralph of New Brighton, Pa., and Paul, at home; two foster children, Donna and Danny Wright, at home; two sisters, Mrs. Minnie Maurer of Warren, O., and Mrs. Thelma Hall of Ruskin, Fla.; three brothers, William of Newton Falls, O., Daniel of Murraysville and Charles of Parkersburg; 16 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.  He was preceded in death by one son, one brother, and one sister.  Services were held Saturday at the Straight-Tucker Funeral Chapel at Ravenswood with Evangelists Maurice Gillespie and William Hopkins officiating with burial in the Ravenswood Cemetery.   In the Jackson Herald of 3/4/1971 is the announcement of Mr. and Mrs. Wright's 50th wedding anniversary.  She was the former Edith Newberry, daughter of William and Alice Newberry of Ravenswood.  They were married in Parkersburg Presbyterian parsonage by the Rev. Gill I. Wilson, March 5, 1921.   KEN WRIGHT LAUDS FATHER - 10/19/1961- Kenneth D. Wright, assistant postmaster at Cheswick, Pa., in a letter to THE NEWS, pays tribute to his father, Jess A. Wright, of Murraysville.  The elder Wright became a rural mail carrier at Murraysville on July 1, 1918, and served for almost 42 years.  A heart attack on March 31, 1961, resulted in his retirement.  Kenneth Wright, a graduate of Ravenswood high school, has been employed as a postal worker in the Pittsburgh area since 1949.  He quotes the following inscription, which is a tribute to all postal workers, that appears on the facade of the U.S. Post Office, Washington, D. C.  ""Messenger of Sympathy and Love, Servant of Parted Friends, Consoler of the Lonely, Bond of the Scattered Family, Englarger of the Common Life, Carrier of News and Knowledge, Instrument of Trade and Industry, Promoter of Mutual Acquaintance of Peace and of Goodwill Among Men and Nations"".  ""I would particularly like to honor my dad, Jess A. Wright, of Murraysville, with the above inscription,"" he said.