Harry J. Wright, Former Mayfield Woolen Mills President, Dies
Harry Josiah Wright, Sr., 86, one of Mayfield's best known citizens and the son of one of Mayfield's first families, died shortly before noon today at the Fuller-Morgan Hospital.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the First Methodist Church with the Rev. J. C. Gilbert, officiating. Burial will be in Maplewood cemetery.
Mr. Wright leaves his wife, Mrs. Malona Farthing Wright, two children, Harry J. Wright, Jr., and Mrs. W. H. fuller; four grandchildren, Mrs. Helen T. Hunt, Harry Wright III, Jennifer Wright and Benson Rhey Wright. He also leaves five great-grandchildren.
A native of Mayfield, Mr. Wright was the son of Samuel Benson and Sallie Jane Richardson Wright. For many years he took a leading role in civic and church work in Mayfield and was a charter member and the first president of the Mayfield Chamber of Commerce.
He was also a charter member and the first president of the Mayfield Lions Club.
Mr. Wright was one of the first graduates of old West Kentucky College here and later attended Vanderbilt University and Eastman Business College at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He was a member of the City Board of Education for several years and a member of the Kentucky Manufacturer's Association.
While attending Vanderbilt, he was a charter member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity chapter there.
In 1893 Mr. Wright became cashier of the First National Bank here. He held that position until 1909 when he went to the old Mayfield Woolen Mills here as secretary of the firm. A few years later he was made president of the Woolen Mills, a position he held until the plant was sold to the Curlee Clothing Company in 1929.
Mr. Wright was one of the oldest members of the First Methodist Church here. He joined the church in early youth and was a member of the official board of the church for many years. He was a honorary steward of the church at the time of his death.
He was one of the members chiefly instrumental in the building of the present church at 8th and Water streets and gave himself to all its activities as long as he was able to attend services.
Mr. Wright's interest in the church went far beyond the local church. For 32 years he served the Memphis Conference as its treasurer. He also served the church as a member of its General Conference.
Active pallbearers at the services Sunday will be: Algene Harrell, James Wooten, Taylor Darnell, Brown McClain, G. R. Miller and George Covington, Jr.
Honorary pallbearers will be: Phil Loughlin, E. G. Smith, J. W. Fristoe, Loren Adams, T. P. Smith, W. F. Foster, John Watts, Ryan Isbell, Charles Cain, L. M. Callis, G. W. Wilson, J. I. York, H. H. Bennett, Harold Andrus and F. H. Riddle.
Friends may call at the Byrn Funeral Home.
(Mayfield Messenger, Friday Afternoon, July 3, 1959)
Harry Josiah Wright, Sr., 86, one of Mayfield's best known citizens and the son of one of Mayfield's first families, died shortly before noon today at the Fuller-Morgan Hospital.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the First Methodist Church with the Rev. J. C. Gilbert, officiating. Burial will be in Maplewood cemetery.
Mr. Wright leaves his wife, Mrs. Malona Farthing Wright, two children, Harry J. Wright, Jr., and Mrs. W. H. fuller; four grandchildren, Mrs. Helen T. Hunt, Harry Wright III, Jennifer Wright and Benson Rhey Wright. He also leaves five great-grandchildren.
A native of Mayfield, Mr. Wright was the son of Samuel Benson and Sallie Jane Richardson Wright. For many years he took a leading role in civic and church work in Mayfield and was a charter member and the first president of the Mayfield Chamber of Commerce.
He was also a charter member and the first president of the Mayfield Lions Club.
Mr. Wright was one of the first graduates of old West Kentucky College here and later attended Vanderbilt University and Eastman Business College at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He was a member of the City Board of Education for several years and a member of the Kentucky Manufacturer's Association.
While attending Vanderbilt, he was a charter member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity chapter there.
In 1893 Mr. Wright became cashier of the First National Bank here. He held that position until 1909 when he went to the old Mayfield Woolen Mills here as secretary of the firm. A few years later he was made president of the Woolen Mills, a position he held until the plant was sold to the Curlee Clothing Company in 1929.
Mr. Wright was one of the oldest members of the First Methodist Church here. He joined the church in early youth and was a member of the official board of the church for many years. He was a honorary steward of the church at the time of his death.
He was one of the members chiefly instrumental in the building of the present church at 8th and Water streets and gave himself to all its activities as long as he was able to attend services.
Mr. Wright's interest in the church went far beyond the local church. For 32 years he served the Memphis Conference as its treasurer. He also served the church as a member of its General Conference.
Active pallbearers at the services Sunday will be: Algene Harrell, James Wooten, Taylor Darnell, Brown McClain, G. R. Miller and George Covington, Jr.
Honorary pallbearers will be: Phil Loughlin, E. G. Smith, J. W. Fristoe, Loren Adams, T. P. Smith, W. F. Foster, John Watts, Ryan Isbell, Charles Cain, L. M. Callis, G. W. Wilson, J. I. York, H. H. Bennett, Harold Andrus and F. H. Riddle.
Friends may call at the Byrn Funeral Home.
(Mayfield Messenger, Friday Afternoon, July 3, 1959)
Harry J. Wright, Former Mayfield Woolen Mills President, Dies
Harry Josiah Wright, Sr., 86, one of Mayfield's best known citizens and the son of one of Mayfield's first families, died shortly before noon today at the Fuller-Morgan Hospital.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the First Methodist Church with the Rev. J. C. Gilbert, officiating. Burial will be in Maplewood cemetery.
Mr. Wright leaves his wife, Mrs. Malona Farthing Wright, two children, Harry J. Wright, Jr., and Mrs. W. H. fuller; four grandchildren, Mrs. Helen T. Hunt, Harry Wright III, Jennifer Wright and Benson Rhey Wright. He also leaves five great-grandchildren.
A native of Mayfield, Mr. Wright was the son of Samuel Benson and Sallie Jane Richardson Wright. For many years he took a leading role in civic and church work in Mayfield and was a charter member and the first president of the Mayfield Chamber of Commerce.
He was also a charter member and the first president of the Mayfield Lions Club.
Mr. Wright was one of the first graduates of old West Kentucky College here and later attended Vanderbilt University and Eastman Business College at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He was a member of the City Board of Education for several years and a member of the Kentucky Manufacturer's Association.
While attending Vanderbilt, he was a charter member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity chapter there.
In 1893 Mr. Wright became cashier of the First National Bank here. He held that position until 1909 when he went to the old Mayfield Woolen Mills here as secretary of the firm. A few years later he was made president of the Woolen Mills, a position he held until the plant was sold to the Curlee Clothing Company in 1929.
Mr. Wright was one of the oldest members of the First Methodist Church here. He joined the church in early youth and was a member of the official board of the church for many years. He was a honorary steward of the church at the time of his death.
He was one of the members chiefly instrumental in the building of the present church at 8th and Water streets and gave himself to all its activities as long as he was able to attend services.
Mr. Wright's interest in the church went far beyond the local church. For 32 years he served the Memphis Conference as its treasurer. He also served the church as a member of its General Conference.
Active pallbearers at the services Sunday will be: Algene Harrell, James Wooten, Taylor Darnell, Brown McClain, G. R. Miller and George Covington, Jr.
Honorary pallbearers will be: Phil Loughlin, E. G. Smith, J. W. Fristoe, Loren Adams, T. P. Smith, W. F. Foster, John Watts, Ryan Isbell, Charles Cain, L. M. Callis, G. W. Wilson, J. I. York, H. H. Bennett, Harold Andrus and F. H. Riddle.
Friends may call at the Byrn Funeral Home.
(Mayfield Messenger, Friday Afternoon, July 3, 1959)
Harry Josiah Wright, Sr., 86, one of Mayfield's best known citizens and the son of one of Mayfield's first families, died shortly before noon today at the Fuller-Morgan Hospital.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the First Methodist Church with the Rev. J. C. Gilbert, officiating. Burial will be in Maplewood cemetery.
Mr. Wright leaves his wife, Mrs. Malona Farthing Wright, two children, Harry J. Wright, Jr., and Mrs. W. H. fuller; four grandchildren, Mrs. Helen T. Hunt, Harry Wright III, Jennifer Wright and Benson Rhey Wright. He also leaves five great-grandchildren.
A native of Mayfield, Mr. Wright was the son of Samuel Benson and Sallie Jane Richardson Wright. For many years he took a leading role in civic and church work in Mayfield and was a charter member and the first president of the Mayfield Chamber of Commerce.
He was also a charter member and the first president of the Mayfield Lions Club.
Mr. Wright was one of the first graduates of old West Kentucky College here and later attended Vanderbilt University and Eastman Business College at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He was a member of the City Board of Education for several years and a member of the Kentucky Manufacturer's Association.
While attending Vanderbilt, he was a charter member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity chapter there.
In 1893 Mr. Wright became cashier of the First National Bank here. He held that position until 1909 when he went to the old Mayfield Woolen Mills here as secretary of the firm. A few years later he was made president of the Woolen Mills, a position he held until the plant was sold to the Curlee Clothing Company in 1929.
Mr. Wright was one of the oldest members of the First Methodist Church here. He joined the church in early youth and was a member of the official board of the church for many years. He was a honorary steward of the church at the time of his death.
He was one of the members chiefly instrumental in the building of the present church at 8th and Water streets and gave himself to all its activities as long as he was able to attend services.
Mr. Wright's interest in the church went far beyond the local church. For 32 years he served the Memphis Conference as its treasurer. He also served the church as a member of its General Conference.
Active pallbearers at the services Sunday will be: Algene Harrell, James Wooten, Taylor Darnell, Brown McClain, G. R. Miller and George Covington, Jr.
Honorary pallbearers will be: Phil Loughlin, E. G. Smith, J. W. Fristoe, Loren Adams, T. P. Smith, W. F. Foster, John Watts, Ryan Isbell, Charles Cain, L. M. Callis, G. W. Wilson, J. I. York, H. H. Bennett, Harold Andrus and F. H. Riddle.
Friends may call at the Byrn Funeral Home.
(Mayfield Messenger, Friday Afternoon, July 3, 1959)
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