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Springfield, MO 65803
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In Memory of
Leatha F.
Wright
Wright
1929 - 2017
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Obituary for Leatha F. Wright
LEATHA FLORENE WRIGHT OF SPRINGFIELD MO, DAUGHTER OF BESSIE (RAGSDALE) & EARL WILES, WAS BORN AUGUST 18, 1929 AND PASSED FROM THIS LIFE ON JUNE 21.2017 AT 2:15A.M. AT GLENDALE GARDENS NURSING & REHAB CENTER IN SPRINGFIELD, MO. AT THE TIME OF HER PASSING SHE WAS 87YEARS OF AGE.
LEATHA ATTENDED SCHWEITZER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN SPRINGFIELD, MO.
LEATHA HAD MANY PROFESSIONS THROUGHOUT HER LIFETIME WITH ALL OF THEM CENTERING AROUND COMMUNICATIONS. MUCH OF HER CAREER WAS SPENT AT COX MEDICAL CENTERS AND JC PENNEY WHERE VISITORS AND PATRONS WERE GREETED BY LEATHA’S FAMILIAR AND FRIENDLY SMILE.
SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER BROTHERS AND ONE GRANDSON, JUSTIN EDDINGS.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE HER CHILDREN CAROL WHEAT AND KENNETH OF SPRINGFIELD, MO, ED BATY AND GINGER OF YOUNGSVILLE, LA, SANDY LENHART AND HUSBAND GEORGE BIJELIC OF EASTLAND, TX, AND RHONDA EDDINGS AND TOM OF BILLINGS, MO. GRANDCHILDREN INCLUDE NEIL WHEAT, KEVIN WHEAT, ALICIA KLEIN, DUSTIN KENALL, AMYE KENALL, ASHLEY EDDINGS, CACI YOUNG. GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN INCLUDE IZABELLA EDDINGS, KARLIE KLEIN, SERENA AND MAYA KENALL AND MADDYX EVANS. SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS AND FRIENDS.
SERVICES FOR LEATHA WRIGHT WILL BE HELD AT 10 AM SATURDAY, JUNE 24, AT GREENLAWN FUNERAL HOME EAST IN SPRINGFIELD, MO. BURIAL WILL BE IN GREENLAWN MEMORIAL GARDENS.
THE FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO SAY A SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL THE EMPLOYEES AT GLENDALE GARDENS THAT TOOK SUCH WONDERFUL CARE OF HER. SHE LOVED THEM AND THOUGHT OF THEM AS FAMILY.
LEATHA ATTENDED SCHWEITZER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN SPRINGFIELD, MO.
LEATHA HAD MANY PROFESSIONS THROUGHOUT HER LIFETIME WITH ALL OF THEM CENTERING AROUND COMMUNICATIONS. MUCH OF HER CAREER WAS SPENT AT COX MEDICAL CENTERS AND JC PENNEY WHERE VISITORS AND PATRONS WERE GREETED BY LEATHA’S FAMILIAR AND FRIENDLY SMILE.
SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER BROTHERS AND ONE GRANDSON, JUSTIN EDDINGS.
SURVIVORS INCLUDE HER CHILDREN CAROL WHEAT AND KENNETH OF SPRINGFIELD, MO, ED BATY AND GINGER OF YOUNGSVILLE, LA, SANDY LENHART AND HUSBAND GEORGE BIJELIC OF EASTLAND, TX, AND RHONDA EDDINGS AND TOM OF BILLINGS, MO. GRANDCHILDREN INCLUDE NEIL WHEAT, KEVIN WHEAT, ALICIA KLEIN, DUSTIN KENALL, AMYE KENALL, ASHLEY EDDINGS, CACI YOUNG. GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN INCLUDE IZABELLA EDDINGS, KARLIE KLEIN, SERENA AND MAYA KENALL AND MADDYX EVANS. SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS AND FRIENDS.
SERVICES FOR LEATHA WRIGHT WILL BE HELD AT 10 AM SATURDAY, JUNE 24, AT GREENLAWN FUNERAL HOME EAST IN SPRINGFIELD, MO. BURIAL WILL BE IN GREENLAWN MEMORIAL GARDENS.
THE FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO SAY A SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL THE EMPLOYEES AT GLENDALE GARDENS THAT TOOK SUCH WONDERFUL CARE OF HER. SHE LOVED THEM AND THOUGHT OF THEM AS FAMILY.
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