![]() Brewer, then a captain, as he drove the Federal picket into the fortifications of Old Fort Gibson, and rounded up the vast herd of horses and mules, and drove them south of the Arkansaw River. Parks, as he defeats a Federal force with artillery, on Greenleaf Creek near Braggs a deep ravine alone, saved the Federal battery from the onward and victorious rush of Parks and his men. Thomas Fox Taylor with his dark waving plume as he selects his own kith and kin to check the Federal advance at the Ford of Spavinaw, near General Watie ‘s mill. Bell, as he bravely led his men to victory at Mazzard Prairie, Ark. Boudinot, on this same field with his long black hair floating on the breeze as we charged to victory. ![]() ![]() I also see that other gallant soldier and brilliant statesman Elias C. William Penn Adair with his long flowing black hair on the bloody field of Wilson Creek, Mo. Stand Watie, as colonel of the famous first Cherokee cavalry as he directs and leads his victorious charge at Pea Ridge, Ark. I see the muster, the march and the encounter. I hear again the blast of Dutch Billy’s bugle. To plant Memorial Trees in memory of Preston Leon Wright, please click here to visit our Sympathy Store.“Looking backward down the corridor of time through the dim vista of more than half a century of departed years I see again the warlike spirit of the southern Cherokee, from the years of 1861 to 1865. Viewing will be 8 am - 5 pm Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at Mallory Martin Chapel in Stigler, Oklahoma. Honorary pallbearers will be Josh Wright ~ Greg Parsons ~ Jimmy Barnes ~ Robert Lane ~ Danny Ray Phenneger ~ Joey Phenneger ~ Ricky Haggard ~ Stanley Haggard ~ John John Wright ~ Coleton Thurlin ~ Hayden Leon Wright ~ Michael David Wright Stigler, OK 74462.Īctive pallbearers will be Raybert Downing ~ Jesse Lee Wright ~ Owen Peters, Jr. Burial will follow at Coleman Cemetery in Porum, Oklahoma under the direction of Mallory Martin Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc. Services will be at 10 am on Septemat Mallory Martin Chapel in Stigler, Oklahoma. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Edris Wright, second wife, Dorothy Wright, one sister: Carolyn Wright, 3 brothers: Eldon Wright, Earnest Wright and James Lee Wright and his parents Wright was a pastor.Ģ Daughters: Georgia Phenneger and husband, David of Colorado Springs, CO and Joyce Smith of Midwest City, OKĢ Sons: Preston Wright of Muldrow, OK and Carl Wright and wife, Melissa of Muldrow, OKĥ Sisters: Lola Joyce Johnston and husband, John of Eufaula, OK, Katherine Ann Barnes of Porum, OK, Charlotte Marie Dill and husband, Ray of Prague, OK, Darlene Lane and husband, Robert of Eufaula, OK and Wanda Johnson and husband, Frank of Siloam Springs, ARĦ Brothers: Jimmy Don Wright and wife, Linda of Porum, OK, Bobby Gene Wright and wife, Caroline of Porum, OK, Johnny Dale Wright of Porum, OK, Calvin Joe Wright and wife, Juanita of Porum, OK, Steve Dewayne Wright and wife, Roberta of Porum, OK and David Lynn Wright and wife, Karen of Porum, OK.Ħ Grandchildren: Danny Ray Phenneger, Joey Phenneger, Summer Dawn Thulin, Coleton Thulin, Autumn Carter and Mikayla Smith ![]() He was born on Jin Webber Falls, Oklahoma to Mary Clarie (Taylor) Wright and Jesse James Wright. Share: Preston's Obituary Preston Leon Wright, 79 of Porum, Oklahoma passed away on Septemin Lindsay, Oklahoma.
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