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DATE: Friday, December 22, 1995              TAG: 9512220375
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DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   26 lines

WILLIAM T. WRIGHT

William Thomas Wright, 59, formerly of the 6000 block of Campbell St., died Dec. 17, 1995, in New York.

He was retired and a native of Norfolk County. Mr. Wright was a former member of Grove Baptist Church.

He is survived by four daughters; his son; father, John T. Wright Sr. of Portsmouth; two sisters, Sharon D. Anderson and Mary Porter, both of Portsmouth; two brothers, John T. Anderson and Michael J. Porter, both of Portsmouth; 13 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and other relatives and friends.

A funeral service will be conducted at 3 p.m. Saturday in Grove Baptist Church. Burial is in Meadowbrook Memorial Gardens, Suffolk. The family will be at 6005 Dunkirk St., and will assemble there for the procession. Fisher Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

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