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ObituariesApril 4, 1993

SCOTT CITY -- Gary Jerriett Wright, 55, of 201 Lincoln St. in Scott City died Friday, April 2, 1993, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 24, 1938, at Commerce, the son of Arthur Newton and Zelma Mae O'Guinn Wright. On Nov. 20, 1954, he married Carolyn Young at Benton. She survives of the home...

SCOTT CITY -- Gary Jerriett Wright, 55, of 201 Lincoln St. in Scott City died Friday, April 2, 1993, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

He was born Jan. 24, 1938, at Commerce, the son of Arthur Newton and Zelma Mae O'Guinn Wright. On Nov. 20, 1954, he married Carolyn Young at Benton. She survives of the home.

He was a truck driver, employed by Tony Welter Trucking Co. He also was a member of the Commerce Baptist Church in Commerce.

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Other survivors include three sons, Alan and Cleo Wright, both of Commerce, and Richard L. Wright of New Boston, Ill.; two daughters, Vicki Carroll of Scott City and Saundra Blankenship of Benton; two sisters, Ruby Farnon and Evangline Wade, both of Benton; and 10 grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, a sister and a grandchild.

Friends may call after 5 p.m. today at the Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City, where funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Monday. Burial will be in Oakdale Cemetery in Commerce.

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