EMERY ARBUTH BRIGHT
From the "News Journal," Mannford, Oklahoma, February 24, 1988
Emery Arbuth Bright, age 85, of 1105 E. 7th St., Cushing, passed away Sunday, February 14, 1988 at the Cushing Regional Hospital.
Emery was born September 5, 1902 at Mulberry, Ark. to John E. and Delilah Bright.
He was united in marriage to Ida Mae Richey July 14, 1923 in Tulsa, Ok. She preceded him in death on March 31, 1971.
After retirement from the Gulf Oil, they moved to Cushing in 1960 and then moved to Shidler where he was Minister of the Church of Christ, returned to Drumright in 1967 to serve as Minister of the Broadway Church of Christ and then to Oilton as Minister of the Church of Christ.
Survivors include three sons: W.D. "Bill" Bright of Drumright, Richard Bright of Woodville, Tx., and Tom L. Bright of West Plains, Mo.; one daughter, Mrs. Doris Padgett of Cushing; ten grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandson.
Funeral services were held at the Broadway Church of Christ at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 17, 1988 with Tom L. Bright officiating.
Grandsons serving as pallbearers were Steven Padgett, Bill Stoots, William D. Bright, Jr., Robert Padgett, Terry Bright and Steven Jones.
Interment was in the Bixby City Cemetery at Bixby, Ok. under the direction of the Bailes Funeral Home.
From the "News Journal," Mannford, Oklahoma, February 24, 1988
Emery Arbuth Bright, age 85, of 1105 E. 7th St., Cushing, passed away Sunday, February 14, 1988 at the Cushing Regional Hospital.
Emery was born September 5, 1902 at Mulberry, Ark. to John E. and Delilah Bright.
He was united in marriage to Ida Mae Richey July 14, 1923 in Tulsa, Ok. She preceded him in death on March 31, 1971.
After retirement from the Gulf Oil, they moved to Cushing in 1960 and then moved to Shidler where he was Minister of the Church of Christ, returned to Drumright in 1967 to serve as Minister of the Broadway Church of Christ and then to Oilton as Minister of the Church of Christ.
Survivors include three sons: W.D. "Bill" Bright of Drumright, Richard Bright of Woodville, Tx., and Tom L. Bright of West Plains, Mo.; one daughter, Mrs. Doris Padgett of Cushing; ten grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandson.
Funeral services were held at the Broadway Church of Christ at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 17, 1988 with Tom L. Bright officiating.
Grandsons serving as pallbearers were Steven Padgett, Bill Stoots, William D. Bright, Jr., Robert Padgett, Terry Bright and Steven Jones.
Interment was in the Bixby City Cemetery at Bixby, Ok. under the direction of the Bailes Funeral Home.
EMERY ARBUTH BRIGHT
From the "News Journal," Mannford, Oklahoma, February 24, 1988
Emery Arbuth Bright, age 85, of 1105 E. 7th St., Cushing, passed away Sunday, February 14, 1988 at the Cushing Regional Hospital.
Emery was born September 5, 1902 at Mulberry, Ark. to John E. and Delilah Bright.
He was united in marriage to Ida Mae Richey July 14, 1923 in Tulsa, Ok. She preceded him in death on March 31, 1971.
After retirement from the Gulf Oil, they moved to Cushing in 1960 and then moved to Shidler where he was Minister of the Church of Christ, returned to Drumright in 1967 to serve as Minister of the Broadway Church of Christ and then to Oilton as Minister of the Church of Christ.
Survivors include three sons: W.D. "Bill" Bright of Drumright, Richard Bright of Woodville, Tx., and Tom L. Bright of West Plains, Mo.; one daughter, Mrs. Doris Padgett of Cushing; ten grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandson.
Funeral services were held at the Broadway Church of Christ at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 17, 1988 with Tom L. Bright officiating.
Grandsons serving as pallbearers were Steven Padgett, Bill Stoots, William D. Bright, Jr., Robert Padgett, Terry Bright and Steven Jones.
Interment was in the Bixby City Cemetery at Bixby, Ok. under the direction of the Bailes Funeral Home.
From the "News Journal," Mannford, Oklahoma, February 24, 1988
Emery Arbuth Bright, age 85, of 1105 E. 7th St., Cushing, passed away Sunday, February 14, 1988 at the Cushing Regional Hospital.
Emery was born September 5, 1902 at Mulberry, Ark. to John E. and Delilah Bright.
He was united in marriage to Ida Mae Richey July 14, 1923 in Tulsa, Ok. She preceded him in death on March 31, 1971.
After retirement from the Gulf Oil, they moved to Cushing in 1960 and then moved to Shidler where he was Minister of the Church of Christ, returned to Drumright in 1967 to serve as Minister of the Broadway Church of Christ and then to Oilton as Minister of the Church of Christ.
Survivors include three sons: W.D. "Bill" Bright of Drumright, Richard Bright of Woodville, Tx., and Tom L. Bright of West Plains, Mo.; one daughter, Mrs. Doris Padgett of Cushing; ten grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandson.
Funeral services were held at the Broadway Church of Christ at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 17, 1988 with Tom L. Bright officiating.
Grandsons serving as pallbearers were Steven Padgett, Bill Stoots, William D. Bright, Jr., Robert Padgett, Terry Bright and Steven Jones.
Interment was in the Bixby City Cemetery at Bixby, Ok. under the direction of the Bailes Funeral Home.
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