William Amos “Willie” WrightAge: 76 years1913–1989
- Name
- William Amos “Willie” Wright
- Given names
- William Amos
- Surname
- Wright
- Nickname
- Willie
 Birth | March 21, 1913 45 32 |
 Birth of a brother | Thomas Ivan Wright October 16, 1915 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 2 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a sister | Maggie Evelyn Wright July 17, 1918 (Age 5 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 3 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 4 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Death of a sister | Maggie Evelyn Wright November 22, 1919 (Age 6 years) |
 Census | January 22, 1920 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Allen Grant Wright October 17, 1920 (Age 7 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Marinda Arbelle “Lou” Stack January 16, 1928 (Age 14 years) Address: Bumpus Mills, Civil District 4, Stewart County, Tennessee Cause: Senial Decay due to Influenza |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 16 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Birth of a son #1 | Billy Neal Wright June 19, 1939 (Age 26 years) |
| Census | April 30, 1940 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Betty Sue Wright March 7, 1941 (Age 27 years) |
| Death of a son | Billy Neal Wright June 28, 1941 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 28 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Death of a mother | Emma Annie Shemwell March 15, 1950 (Age 36 years) |
| Census | April 2, 1950 (Age 37 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 36 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Death of a father | Amos Grant Wright July 7, 1955 (Age 42 years) |
| Death of a wife | Amanda Dorinda Myers July 7, 1960 (Age 47 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Roma Amanda Jones October 27, 1960 (Age 47 years) |
| Death of a brother | John Riley Wright June 27, 1964 (Age 51 years) Cause: Heart Attack |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 32 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
| Death of a sister | Ruby Elizabeth Wright May 26, 1989 (Age 76 years) |
 Death | June 4, 1989 (Age 76 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Heflin Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Amos Grant Wright Birth: December 5, 1867 37 36 — Trigg, Kentucky, United States Death: July 7, 1955 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Emma Annie Shemwell Birth: March 31, 1880 33 20 — Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: March 15, 1950 — Big Rock, Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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Marriage: December 24, 1902 — Bumpus Mills, Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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23 months elder brother |
John Riley Wright Birth: November 14, 1904 36 24 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: June 27, 1964 |
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2 years elder sister |
Birdie Emmaline Wright Birth: March 24, 1907 39 26 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: June 22, 1997 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Ruby Elizabeth Wright Birth: July 23, 1909 41 29 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: May 26, 1989 — Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States |
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4 years himself |
William Amos “Willie” Wright Birth: March 21, 1913 45 32 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: June 4, 1989 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Thomas Ivan Wright Birth: October 16, 1915 47 35 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: July 28, 1989 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Maggie Evelyn Wright Birth: July 17, 1918 50 38 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: November 22, 1919 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Allen Grant Wright Birth: October 17, 1920 52 40 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: January 29, 2002 — Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with Amanda Dorinda Myers |
| himself |
William Amos “Willie” Wright Birth: March 21, 1913 45 32 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: June 4, 1989 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
| wife |
Amanda Dorinda Myers Birth: March 24, 1912 27 30 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: July 7, 1960 — Montgomery, Tennessee, United States |
| daughter |
Private |
| son |
Billy Neal Wright Birth: June 19, 1939 26 27 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: June 28, 1941 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States |
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21 months daughter |
Betty Sue Wright Birth: March 7, 1941 27 28 — Stewart, Tennessee, United States Death: December 19, 2007 — Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States |
| son |
Private |
| son |
Private |
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Amos Grant Wright - Household
Big Rock, Stewart, Tennessee
Father & Mother birthplace are reversed?. -b |