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Obit For Jessie Lea (Jones) (Griffith) Wright
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Text Deceased: Jessie Lea (Jones) (Griffith) Wright
Parents Names: George A. and Lucinda Jane (Kester) Jones
Place Born: Exeter, Barry Co., MO
Date Born: Apr. 21, 1927
Date Died: Oct. 31, 2006
Place Died: Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS
Cemetery: Kechi, Kechi, KS
Newspaper: Cassville Democrat
Paper Date: Nov. 9, 2006
Abstract or Extract: Abstract
Living People: No
Permission: N/A


Jessie Lea Wright, 79, Wichita, Kan., passed away Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2006. She was born April 21, 1927, in Exeter to George Jones and Lucinda Kester. In 1944, she married Roy E. Griffith who preceded her in death. To this union two children were born. In 1952, she married Junior Glendon Wright who preceded her in death in 1997. To this union six children were born.

She graduated from Exeter High School in 1944. After working for Duckwall's for 14 years, she worked with her daughter as a floral arranger in the wedding business.

Surviors include: eight children; 17 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.

Services were held Friday at Faith Baptist Church in Andover, Kan. Interment was at Kechi Cemetery.
Newspaper Cassville Democrat
Date Nov. 9, 2006
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