Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, August 17, 1993 TAG: 9308170657
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: BEDFORD LENGTH: Short
OBIT WRIGHT, RAWLINCE H.
WRIGHT, Rawlince H., of Bedford, passed away Sunday, August 15, 1993, at
the Bedford County Memorial Hospital. He was a long time employee with the
Clinch Field Felspar Company, where he worked for 30 years. He was born
January 15, 1922, in Spruce, W.Va. to the late Dave and Pinkie Snead Wright.
He professed Christ at an early age and became a member of the Otterville
Baptist Church and attended the New Life Baptist Church. He leaves a devoted
wife, Katie J. Wright; two sons, Rawlince R. Wright and Robert L. Wright, both
of Bedford; three daughters, Deloris M. Wright, Gloria W. Hobson and
Earnestine W. Langhorne, all of Bedford; 13 grandchildren; seven
great-grandchildren; two sons-in-law; three brothers, James L. Wright of
Middletown, Conn., Harold B. Wright of Bedford and Melvin W. Wright of
Richmond; nieces, nephews and a host of other relatives and friends. Funeral
services will be conducted Thursday, August 19, 1993, at 3 p.m. at the New
Life Baptist Church in Bedford. Interment will follow in the Fairmont Cemetery
in Bedford. The family will receive friends Wednesday evening from 7 to 8 p.m.
at Bedford Funeral Home Chapel. Dinner will be served in the basement in the
Haven Rest Church on Otey Street, Bedford after the service. Arrangements are
by Bedford Funeral Home.
by CNB