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ObituariesDecember 19, 1997

GLEN ALLEN -- Ethel May Wright, 81, of Glen Allen died Wednesday, Dec. 17, 1997, at her home. She was born April 13, 1916, in Cobden, Ill., daughter of Francis Ray and Edith May Garner Kelley. She and Herbert Wright were married April 29, 1947, in Cobden. He died June 11, 1979...

GLEN ALLEN -- Ethel May Wright, 81, of Glen Allen died Wednesday, Dec. 17, 1997, at her home.

She was born April 13, 1916, in Cobden, Ill., daughter of Francis Ray and Edith May Garner Kelley. She and Herbert Wright were married April 29, 1947, in Cobden. He died June 11, 1979.

Wright had attended First Baptist Church in Cobden. She had lived at Glen Allen since August 1996.

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Survivors include two sons, Johnnie Wright of Bowling Green, Ky., Billie Wright of Godfrey, Ill.; a daughter, Peggy McCall of Glen Allen; two sisters, Lois Rawley of Caliente, Nev., Esther Casper of Cobden; eight grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and two great-stepgrandchildren.

She was preceded in death by two brothers and three sisters.

Friends may call at Hutchings Funeral Home in Marble Hill from 4-8 p.m. today.

Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Fred Ritter officiating. Burial will be in Baxter Cemetery at Benton, Ill.

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