WRIGHT CEMETERY
Swisher County, Texas
Wright Cemetery is located two and four tenths miles west of the
railroad tracks on Highway 145 in Kress, then one and one-half mile north
and back west one half mile. There are only a few known graves left in
the Wright cemetery, and only two headstones remain.
WEST,
Mrs. F R
May 12, 1928 – Nov 15, 1899
wife of Deacon J N West
NOTE: She was the mother-in-law of R. C. Wright, founder of Wright (now named
Kress).
BRYANT, Robert T Chandler (headstone)
Jan 8, 1909 – Aug 2, 1908
son of Rev & Mrs R H Bryant
BOOKOUT, DeWitt
BOOKOUT, Jewel
BOOKOUT, Boy (unknown)
Nov 17, 1898 – April 11, 1899
son of W W & M O Bookout
TRACY, John Nat
14 yrs, 9 mo, 12 days
Oct 20, 1904
3 miles east of Wright
grave may have been moved to Kress
“Killed by Runaway Horses”
DRAKE, Jessie Donald
21 years
died Dec 12, 1905
BONEY, Arvis (Arvin?)
65 yrs, 25 da Falls Co.
Jan 18, 1908
3 mi SW of Wright
Buried at Wright
McDOUGLE, Ruby
19 yrs
17 Jul 1904
14 mi West of Plainview
“Could be buried at Wright”
“Stayed with J. E. Jones Family”
Info from Commissioners’ Court Minutes
REED, Kate
She is not listed in Interments in Swisher County, Texas, but the
book Windmilling:Swisher County, Texas, lists her as being buried here.
No dates are given.