Obituary

Edwin Leroy (Eddie) Wright, 19, was killed Thursday after a car-truck accident near Terre Hill, Pa.  He was born Sept. 1, 1959 at Medicine Lodge.  He was a carpenter and construction worker at Pennsylvania, and a former resident of Burrton since 1969.
He was a 1978 Burrton High School graduate.
Survivors:  father: Richard, Protection; mother: Ellen Meacham, Burrton; brother: Jim C. Wright, Dodge City; half-brother: Mike Meacham, Burrton; sister: Barbara Wright, Burrton; half-sister: Patricia Meacham, Burrton.
Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Johnson and Sons Funeral Home; the Rev. Aaron Smith.  Burial in the Burrton Cemetery.

The Hutchinson News, Hutchinson KS.  February 24, 1979.  Page 13.