Dewitt Clinton Wright, known as D.C., was born in Stonewall County, Texas. He was the the 4th child of Isaac Marvin Wright and his wife Martha Augusta Palmore Wright but had older siblings from his Papa's first marriage. (That marriage ended when Papa's first wife died.) The family was originally in the Angelina County area of Texas, along with many other Wright family members. Some of D.C.'s older siblings were born in Angelina, but Papa and Grandma decided to head west. D.C.'s just older sister was born in Graham County, Texas before the family went to Stonewall. The family didn't stay in Stonewall County, they were later in Kent County, and eventually in Lipan, Hood County, Texas. After Papa died in 1939, the family moved to Stephenville, Erath County, Texas.
When D.C. was born his mother named him Raymond Alexander Wright, but Papa didn't like the name so he was called D.C. - with no name for either letter. In his youth he declared it was Davy Crockett.
In Stephenville D.C. worked in a cheese factory for a while but he enlisted in the U.S. Army. When he did he had to have real names for the letters so he named himself Dewitt Clinton Wright after his mother's brother.
Uncle D, as we nieces and nephews called him, had a beautiful voice and he sang for church services at the Nazarene Church he and Aunt Fern attended in Stephenville. He made a living as a auto mechanic. In addition to working to support their own family of six children, D. and Fern remained in Stephenville and took care of his mother the rest of her life.
When D.C. was born his mother named him Raymond Alexander Wright, but Papa didn't like the name so he was called D.C. - with no name for either letter. In his youth he declared it was Davy Crockett.
In Stephenville D.C. worked in a cheese factory for a while but he enlisted in the U.S. Army. When he did he had to have real names for the letters so he named himself Dewitt Clinton Wright after his mother's brother.
Uncle D, as we nieces and nephews called him, had a beautiful voice and he sang for church services at the Nazarene Church he and Aunt Fern attended in Stephenville. He made a living as a auto mechanic. In addition to working to support their own family of six children, D. and Fern remained in Stephenville and took care of his mother the rest of her life.
Dewitt Clinton Wright, known as D.C., was born in Stonewall County, Texas. He was the the 4th child of Isaac Marvin Wright and his wife Martha Augusta Palmore Wright but had older siblings from his Papa's first marriage. (That marriage ended when Papa's first wife died.) The family was originally in the Angelina County area of Texas, along with many other Wright family members. Some of D.C.'s older siblings were born in Angelina, but Papa and Grandma decided to head west. D.C.'s just older sister was born in Graham County, Texas before the family went to Stonewall. The family didn't stay in Stonewall County, they were later in Kent County, and eventually in Lipan, Hood County, Texas. After Papa died in 1939, the family moved to Stephenville, Erath County, Texas.
When D.C. was born his mother named him Raymond Alexander Wright, but Papa didn't like the name so he was called D.C. - with no name for either letter. In his youth he declared it was Davy Crockett.
In Stephenville D.C. worked in a cheese factory for a while but he enlisted in the U.S. Army. When he did he had to have real names for the letters so he named himself Dewitt Clinton Wright after his mother's brother.
Uncle D, as we nieces and nephews called him, had a beautiful voice and he sang for church services at the Nazarene Church he and Aunt Fern attended in Stephenville. He made a living as a auto mechanic. In addition to working to support their own family of six children, D. and Fern remained in Stephenville and took care of his mother the rest of her life.
When D.C. was born his mother named him Raymond Alexander Wright, but Papa didn't like the name so he was called D.C. - with no name for either letter. In his youth he declared it was Davy Crockett.
In Stephenville D.C. worked in a cheese factory for a while but he enlisted in the U.S. Army. When he did he had to have real names for the letters so he named himself Dewitt Clinton Wright after his mother's brother.
Uncle D, as we nieces and nephews called him, had a beautiful voice and he sang for church services at the Nazarene Church he and Aunt Fern attended in Stephenville. He made a living as a auto mechanic. In addition to working to support their own family of six children, D. and Fern remained in Stephenville and took care of his mother the rest of her life.
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On double marker with Letha F. Wright (1930-1996); military marker reads "PFC US Army / World War II"
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