Brief Life History of Johnny Ray
When Johnny Ray Wright was born on 31 December 1935, in Pleasant Hill, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States, his father, James Carter Wright, was 24 and his mother, Cornelia England, was 22. He lived in United States in 1949 and McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States in 1950. He died on 3 December 2015, in Eagletown, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Eagletown Cemetery, Eagletown, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States.
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- Johney R Wright, "United States 1950 Census"
- Johnny Ray Wright, "Find A Grave Index"
- Johnnie Ray Wright in entry for Judy Lynne Wright, "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997"
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World Events (8)
1937 · The Neutrality Act
The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
1941 · Comanche Code Talkers
Many Native Americans from Oklahoma were once again employed as code talkers during WWII to create a code impenetrable by enemies. Rather than Choctaw, a Comanche-language code was developed. Several of these men were sent to invade Normandy to send messages. None of the men were killed and the Comanche code was never broken.
1956 · The Federal Aid Highway Act
With the construction of 41,000 miles of the Interstate Highway System, the Federal Aid Highway Act made way for the largest public works project in American history at that time. One of the purposes was to provide military access to places in case of an attack.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: occupational name for a craftsman or maker of machinery, mostly in wood, of any of a wide range of kinds, from Middle English and Older Scots wriht, wright, wricht, writh, write (Old English wyrhta, wryhta) ‘craftsman’, especially ‘carpenter, joiner’. The term is found in various combinations (for example, Cartwright and Wainwright ), but when used in isolation it often referred to a builder of windmills or watermills. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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