Wright, W. T.

Passed: 1968-07-08

Age: 65

Source: Jackson Herald

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1968-07-10

Information: COTTAGEVILLE DEATH ON MONDAY RULED SUICIDE - Funeral services will be conducted today (Wednesday) at 2 p.m. at the Cottageville Methodist Church for W. T. Wright, 65, who was found dead early Monday afternoon in the garage at his home in Cottageville.  The Rev. Gerald Sayre and Rev. Mr. Miller will officiate and burial will be in Blaine Memorial Cemetery at Cottageville.  Mr. Wright, who had been a mail carrier on the Cottageville route for 42 years, was last seen about 10 a.m. Monday.  When found several hours later by his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Jackie Wright, his body was lying in the closed garage.  According to Magistrate Gay H. Duke, who was summoned, Mr. Wright had taken his own life by inhaling fumes from the exhaust of a jeep to which had been attached a section of downspouting.  The deceased was said to have been in failing health for about a year.  Mr. Wright was born March 17, 1903 at Reedy, Roane County, a son of Charles E. and Ella Montgomery Wright.  In 1931 he married Hazel Dyke, who survives him.  He was a member of A. F. & A.M. Lodge No. 5 of Cottageville, Eastern Star Chapter No. 16, Jackson Chapter of Royal Arch Masons No. 48 of Ravenswood and the Rural Letter Carriers Association.  Prior to his 42 years service as a rural mail carrier, Mr. Wright taught school in several West Virginia counties and served in the U. S. Army.  Surviving in addition to his widow, are three sons, Carl R. Wright of Cottageville, George of Strausburg, Va., and John of Belleville; one daughter, Mrs. Madalyn Sayre of Groveport, Ohio; a sister, Mrs. Flora Nay of Ravenswood and six grandchildren.