ANDREW WILSON WRIGHT

     Andrew Wilson Wright, b March 11, 1916 in Lott - was a son of James Meredith and Lula Lucretia (Ables) Wright. On August 21, 1940. Andrew married Velma Agnes Christianson, moving to Temple, Texas where he was employed at the McCloskey Government Hospital.

     Andrew grew up in Lott and attended Baylor University. He joined the U.S. Army during World War II, and served with the 279th Engineering Battalion, going to the European Theater of War on November 14, 1943. He served with his unit at Normandy, building the bridge over the River Rhine, and was in the Battle of the Bulge. After the war, he returned to Temple as a Builder and Contractor. The family moved to Houston subsequently, where their only son, Roger Lewis Wright, b July 24, 1942 in Temple, married Linda Jean Schilling.