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Come to the
Next
Family Reunion
& Decoration
Day
Saturday
August 1, 2009
 The
first Saturday of August each
year is a gathering day for families of those buried in the Wright
Cemetery. As
we gather, we renew relationships, meet additions to the family,
and share a common meal. Everyone who comes brings something to be
shared in the pavilion built in the center of the cemetery.
This pavilion has
become the gathering place and was constructed on the site where
generations past have met under the trees.
Families see each
other again, children play together, flowers are placed on graves
to commemorate those who have passed on, and the individuals
responsible for oversight of the
cemetery provide information to all who have come.
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Additional information will be included
soon including family trees and linkage into this family cemetery |
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History of families and cemetery, soon
to come |
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Welcome to Wright Cemetery. To contact us,
click here.
Donations can be sent to:
Wright Cemetery
C/O
Bill Davis
284 Red Oak Rd.
Petersburg, TN 37144
You may also contact Bill regarding
grave sites, maintenance, and other matters.
Report of the Board of
Directors
2 August 2008
Cemetery Patrons:
In 2007, the Wright
Cemetery Board of Directors passed the resolution to being the process
of making the cemetery self-sustaining during the next ten years. This
would allow the cemetery to operate on the interest of the trust fund
and not to have to depend totally on yearly contributions. To accomplish
this, the trust fund balance would need to be [increased]. It was
decided in 2007 to re-invest the interest each year...
In 2008, the Board of
Directors decided to transfer [an initial deposit] from the checking
account. This transfer and the yearly investing of the interest should
raise the fund balance to [necessary level] after ten years. (This, of
course, depends on the interest rates each year.)
This is a good start. An
additional [infusion of funds] still needs to be raised. This could be
accomplished if 50 people would agree to donate [a set amount] per year
for ten years to the Trust Fund Account. We, the Board, will be
contacting individuals in the next few weeks to ask help in raising
these additional funds.
Thanks for your
cooperation,
The Board of Directors,
Mattie Lou Smith
Rosemary Hudson
Jeff Parker
Ray Smith
Diane Pruett
Please feel free to contact us by
clicking here. Donations for general operating
funds or for the trust fund can be sent to:
Wright Cemetery
C/O
Bill Davis
284 Red Oak Rd.
Petersburg, TN 37144
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