The Virginian-Pilot
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              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Sunday, June 4, 1995                   TAG: 9506040011
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NEW YORK                           LENGTH: Short :   23 lines

HODGE WRIGHT

Hodge Wright, 73, a retired funeral director, died June 1, 1995, in Maryview Hospital, Portsmouth.

Survivors include his wife, Gentelia Johnson Wright; two daughters, Natalie Wilson of Portsmouth and Tamara Davis of Grand Prairie, Texas; and three grandchildren.

A funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in New York City. The body is being shipped from Fisher Funeral Home, Portsmouth, to Bailey Funeral Home, New York, N.Y. ILLUSTRATION: Photo

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB