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Show Final Rites Held Sunday For Aged Hinckley Woman Miss Annie M. Wright, 87, believed to be the oldest woman in Hinckley, Hinck-ley, died early Thursday at the Delta hospital of causes incident to age. She was born March 8, 1863, at Duncan's Retreat, in Washington county, later known as Virger. City. Her parents, Joseph William and Mary Ann Fryer Wright, were Utah pioneers sent by Brigham Young to help colonize the Dixie country. Her father died when she was a girl of ten, leaving the wife with a family of six young children to face the rigors of pioneer life. The bereaved family struggled with scarcity of 'food and clothing, and fears of Indian trouble. In 1887 the mother and family joined a group moving to Hinckley Hinck-ley where they were among the first settlers in that area. Miss Wright was a lifelong mem ber of the LDS church, and in her earlier years had been active in the auxiliaries of Hinckley ward. She "lived with and cared for her mother until her death in 1931, at the age of 93 years. In the following follow-ing years she lived alone and cared car-ed for herself and home. Since last fall she lived near a nephew, Harold R. Morris, where a small modern home had been prepared 'for her. She had no immediate family and is survived by a number of nieces, nephews and cousins. Funeral services were held on Sunday at 2 p.m. in Hinckley ward chapel by Bishop Walter Ekins. The Hinckley ward choir opened open-ed by singing "Sometime We'll Understand." T. George Theobald offered the invocation, and the choir sang "Abide With Me." Bishop Ekins gave a few impressive impres-sive thoughts on "What Death Is." Mrs. Emma Spendlove told of her acquaintance with Anne during her early life and of Miss Wright's home in Dixie. Mrs. Erma Cropper sang the solo "Going Home." Hugh Hilton then talked about the fine 'family Miss Wright came from and had helped raise. For the closing number the choir sang "The Lord Is My Shepherd." Arthur H. Reeve offered the benediction. bene-diction. Burial was in the Hinckley cemetery ceme-tery under the direction of L. N. Nickle and sons. Bishop Joseph Wright, from Salt Lake City, dedicated dedi-cated the grave. |