Floyd County Obit - Mr. A. R. Wright
Submitted by
Rome Tribune-Herald, March 1, 1916
A. R. Wright Dead
Mr. A. R. Wright, of Farrill, Alabama,died there shortly before midnight
Tuesday, after a long illness. He was prominent in this section and had a
number of relatives in Rome, among them being his daughter, Mrs. Frank
McGhee,and the Willingham family. The funeral will be held at Farrill, at some
hour on Thursday to be announced later.
<><><><><><><><><><>
Rome Tribune-Herald Thursday, March 2, 1916
Funeral of A.R.Wright, Leading North Alabama Citizen To Be Held Today
The funeral of Mr. A. R. Wright, who died at his home at Farrill, Ala., at
midnight yesterday, will be held at his late residence at 11 o'clock this
morning, Rev. Charles Wright of this county officiating, and interment will be
in the Methodist churchyard at Farrill,where the decedent had lived 35 years
and of which he was a founder.
Surviving him are his daughters, Mrs. Frank McGhee, of Rome, and Mrs. Lewis
Tillery, of Parrot, Georgia, and his sons, Dr. Harper Wright, of Granfield,
Oklahoma, Gus Wright, Jr., of Farrill and M.W. Wright, now a pupil at
Darlington school. His sisters are Mrs. T.T. Swanson and Mrs. Fannie Willingham
of Rome, Mrs. Mary Cleveland of Wartrace, Tennessee, and Mrs. Hattie Stone, of
Farrill.
Mr. Wright was the largest landowner in Cherokee county, Alabama, to which he
removed from Cave Spring, when a young man. He had become during his life at
Farrill its leading citizen. Among his numerous enterprises was the building of
a farm telephone line to Rome, with the other terminus in his own home. He had
also established telephone connections at various points on his own farms.
All his very large business was transacted in Rome and the people of this city
came to regard him almost as one of themselves.
Mr. Wright was twice married. His first wife, the mother of all his children,
was Miss Effie Stewart, a sister of A.T. Stewart, now and for a quarter of a
century tax collector for Fulton county. His second wife was Miss Bella Webb,
of Gaylesville, Alabama, to whom he was married last October.
He was a graduate of the Eastman Business College at Poughkeepsie, New York,
and was a thorough and successful business man of high character, with a very
large circle of friends who join his immediate family in mourning his death.
Additional Comments:
Augustus Richardson Wright: born May 17, 1858 and died March 1,1916
Marriages; 1st wife Effie L. Stewart m. 24 December 1882, Cherokee, Alabama
2nd wife Della Louise Webb m. 13 Oct 1915 at Broomtown,Cherokee, Alabama
Burial: Salem Cemetery; Cherokee County, Alabama
This page was last updated Sunday, 17-Nov-2013 15:49:20 MST
This page is a free service to all Family Historians who are currently doing research in the Floyd County, Georgia area. It is not intended for commercial use.
This site may be freely linked, but not duplicated in any way without consent.
All rights reserved! Commercial use of material within this site is prohibited!
If this web site has helped you with your research, please consider sharing your research with other researchers. E-Mail it to and it will be posted as soon as possible.
HOME
Click Here to search the Floyd County GAGenWeb Archives.
Copyright � 2010 - 2013 by