Search billions of records on Ancestry.com
   

Shirer Family Genealogy Project
Person Page 26660

Main Page - Master Index - Surname Index - Master Place Index - Historical Sources - Photo Albums - Grave Restoration - Scheurer DNA Project - John Shirer of Somerset Co., PA
Previous Page - Next Page



Alta Deloris Davis1,2,3

Female
b. 8 August 1916, d. 31 May 2008


Father Sheridan Edward "Shird" Davis1 b. 21 August 1878, d. 27 April 1933
Mother Elva Charlotte "Lottie" Merriott1 b. 23 December 1883, d. 20 March 1919
Pop-up Pedigree

Family Wesley Hobart Wright b. 6 November 1915, d. 31 October 1982
Marriage* 1 February 1944  Sedalia, Pettis Co., MO, Principal=Wesley Hobart Wright5,4 
Children  1. Charlotte S. Wright b. May 1948
  2. James W. "Jimmy" Wright b. Oct 1954

Birth* 8 August 1916  Ionia, Barton/Pettis Co., MO1,2,4 
Census* 1920  1920 Federal Census, Missouri, Pettis County, Washington Township, ED: 157, Series: T625, Roll: 940, Page: 247B, January 23
Sheet 6B
(enumerated with father, Shird Davis)
74, 132, 132, Davis, Alta, Daughter, , , F, W, 3 4/12, S, , , , , , Missouri, , Ohio, , Missouri, , , None, , ,1 
Marriage* 1 February 1944  Sedalia, Pettis Co., MO, Principal=Wesley Hobart Wright5,4 
Death* 31 May 2008  Sunnyside Community Hospital, Sunnyside, Yakima Co., WA4,2 
SSN* 31 May 2008  Alta D WRIGHT
Birth Date: 8 Aug 1916
Death Date: 31 May 2008
Social Security Number: 500-03-7026
State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: Missouri
Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 98930
Localities: Grandview, Yakima, Washington
Death Benefit Localities
Zip Code: 98930
Localities: Grandview, Yakima, Washington2 
News/Obit* 3 June 2008  Alta D. Wright

Grandview, Wash.

Alta D. Wright , 91, of Grandview, WA went to be to be in the arms of her Heavenly Father on Saturday, May 31, 2008 from Sunnyside Community Hospital. Alta was born on August 8, 1916 in Ionia, MO the daughter of Sheridan E. and Elva C. (Merriott) Davis. She received her education in Warsaw, MO. On February 1, 1944 Alta Davis married Wesley H. Wright in Sedalia, Missouri. Following her husband's military service in 1945 the Wright 's made their home in Missouri. In 1949 the Wright family came west settling in Lind, WA and later moved to Grandview, WA. in 1953. Her husband, Wesley passed away in 1982 and Alta has continued to make Grandview her home.

She is survived by one daughter, Charlotte Mills (Anthony) of Basin City, WA and one son, Jimmy W. Wright of Grandview, WA. Two grandchildren Bill Mills (Heather) and Tonya Rauch (Jason). Two great grandchildren with two on the way in July, one sister, Phoebe Laurin of Sedalia, MO. Alta is preceded in death by her parents, husband, Wesley in 1982, two brothers and two sisters.

Viewing and visitation will be held on Wednesday, June 4, 2008 from 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Smith Funeral Home, Grandview, WA. Graveside funeral service will be on Thursday, June 5, 2008 at 10:30 a.m. at the Lower Valley Memorial Gardens under the direction of the Smith Funeral Home, Grandview, WA. Those wishing to share their memories or sign Alta 's on line memory book may do so at www.funeralhomesmith.com

Published in the Yakima Herald-Republic (WA) - Tuesday, June 3, 20084 
Burial* 5 June 2008  Lower Valley Memorial Gardens, Sunnyside, Yakima Co., WA6 

Images

Citations
  1. [S247] 1920 U.S. Federal Census .
  2. [S129] SSDI Death Index,.
  3. [S1106] Unknown compiler.
  4. [S612] News Bank.
  5. [S1100] MO, Sedalia Democrat, online www.sedaliademocrat.com.
  6. [S626] Find-A-Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com.


Previous Page - Next Page
Main Page - Master Index - Surname Index - Master Place Index - Historical Sources - Photo Albums - Grave Restoration - Scheurer DNA Project - John Shirer of Somerset Co., PA

Compiled by: Denny Shirer, Canton, Ohio

This page was created by John Cardinal's Second Site v1.8.7.
Site updated on 22 April 2013; 34,439 people