BILLIE WRIGHT

ANNA, Ill. -- Billie Jean Wright, 61, of Anna, died Tuesday, March 19, 1996, at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale.

She was born Nov. 9, 1934, in Reno, Ark., daughter of Jesse V. "Dock" and Virgie M. Barton Lambert. She and Rollie J. "Blue" Wright were married Nov. 3, 1951, in Murphysboro.

Wright was retired from Florsheim Shoe Co. in Anna, and was a member of the Assembly of God Church in Wolf Lake.

Survivors include her husband; two daughters, Linda Hickam of Alto Pass, Doris Bennett of Marion; a son, Drury Wright of Anna; three sisters, Mildred West and Nancy Jackson of Anna, Rosie Stadelbacher of Cobden; four grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, two sisters and a brother.

Friends may call at Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home in Anna after 6 p.m. today.

Funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Austin Underwood officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery at Makanda.