Jessie Wright

View the image gallery Jessie Seabrook, daughter of Malisa Paralee (Counce) and Edgar Tollivar Wood was born on Ferbruary 17, 1913 in Hardin County, Tennessee. She passed away at Beadles Nursing Home on the 14th of March at the age of 95 years and 26 days. Miss Wood was married to Wilbur Otto Wright on February 17, 1930 at Enid, Oklahoma. To their marriage two children Anna Jean and Wilbur Dean were born. Follow their marriage they lived in Enid, Oklahoma. In 1934 they came to Alva, Oklahoma and worked at the Rialto Café. In the 1940's they opened the Wright's Café in Alva. In 1951 they moved to Wichita, Kansas and they both worked for Boeing Aircraft Plant. Coming back to Oklahoma they opened the Wright's Café in Jet in 1960 and operated it for 23 years. She was a member of the Christian Church. Mrs. Wright was preceded in death by her parents, brother Alton Vinyard Wood in 1956, her husband, Wilbur Otto Wright, in 1979 and her daughter, Anna Jean in 1996. Jessie is survived by her son and his wife, Wilbur Dean and Rose Marie Wright of Greenville, Texas, Three granddaughters, Valerie Ann and her husband Stephen Colborn of Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina, Danean Gray of Marysville, Ohio and Dana Len and her husband Michael Reynolds of Midwest City, Oklahoma; One grandson, Charles James Murrell and his wife Gail of Oklahoma City. Eleven great grandchildren ,Phillip Charles Murrell and Elisabeth Murrell both of Marysville, Ohio, Riki Stamps, Piper Cameron Stamps and Tristan Stamps all of Dayton, Ohio, Lindsay Isbell, Robin Isbell, Dylan Isbell of Oklahoma City and Isaac James Kimbro of Midwest City, Oklahoma, and Abigail Renee Colborn and Amanda Leigh Colborn of Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina. Four great, great grandchildren, Taven and Brice Cameron, Landan, and Ryan Stamps all of Dayton, Ohio. A brother Elmer Lee Hicks and his wife Mary Jane of Lanham, Maryland, and a number of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. PDF Printable Version

Jessie Wright

February 17, 1913 - March 14, 2008