February 25, 1996

ARCHIE L. WRIGHT

JONESBORO, Ill. -- Archie L. Wright, 66, of Jonesboro, died Saturday, Feb. 24, 1996, at the Illinois Veterans Home in Anna. He was born Feb. 1, 1930, in Jonesboro, son of Fred and Lillie Shepherd Wright. He married Betty Sims in Jonesboro in 1954. He served in the Korean conflict. He was a member of the VFW in Knox, Ind., and the Masonic Lodge in Granite City, Ill. He was a member of the Freewill Baptist Church...

JONESBORO, Ill. -- Archie L. Wright, 66, of Jonesboro, died Saturday, Feb. 24, 1996, at the Illinois Veterans Home in Anna.

He was born Feb. 1, 1930, in Jonesboro, son of Fred and Lillie Shepherd Wright.

He married Betty Sims in Jonesboro in 1954.

He served in the Korean conflict. He was a member of the VFW in Knox, Ind., and the Masonic Lodge in Granite City, Ill. He was a member of the Freewill Baptist Church.

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Survivors are two sons, Tommy Coryell of Dongola and Donnie Coryell of Salem; two brothers, Fred Wright and James Wright, both of Anna; and a sister, Edna Martin of Knox, Ind.

He was preceded in death by two brothers.

Service will be Monday at 1 p.m. in the Hileman and Parr Funeral Services chapel with the Rev. David Adams officiating. Burial will be in Jonesboro Cemetery

Military rites will be conducted at graveside by the Carroll P. Foster VFW Post 3455 of Anna.

Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.

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