Raymond A. Wright

Raymond Alfred Wright was born January 23, 1924, to Everett and Zella (Ralston) Wright, at Agra, Oklahoma. He went to his heavenly home May 6, 2024, at the age of 100 years 3 months & 13 days.

He was the third child of 14 children. During his younger years he assisted his parents with chores & tending to his younger siblings. He was allowed to attend Victor school up to the 8th grade where he met his sweetheart Vina.

His Dad requested him to work on the farm and provide financial assistance, even after he left home for California, where he lived and worked with an Italian family until getting drafted into the Army during WWII. He served as a medic in Germany for 10 months. While on leave he was baptized in April 1945 into the Church of the First Born, at the Gin Pond in Parkland, by Brother Willie Evans.

Before his discharge he returned home & married the love of his life Vina Greenfield Sept 27, 1946. To this union 3 daughters were born, June, Peggy & Rhonda. They started their life together in Tulare, California where he milked cows. They returned to Oklahoma in 1951 where they lived until God called Vina home in 1972.

Two years later he married Marilyn Daniel. Raymond promised her 50 years and they had 49 years together before her passing last year.

Raymond wore many hats. He worked for 17 years selling & repairing boats, motors then appliances. He then owned & operated full-service gas stations in Chandler & Stroud. He retired from Budget but continued to mow yards for his church and widowed ladies. He loved to water ski, bowling, playing the harmonica, working jigsaw puzzles and wood working.

Raymond is preceded in death by his parents, both wives, daughter June Crouch, Brothers: Louis, Marion, George, Gilbert, Frank & Herbert (Bud), Sisters: Mildred, Doris, Baby Girl, Nora & Mary.

He is survived by daughters Peggy Crouch, & husband Gary, Rhonda Manuel, & husband Larry. Grandchildren: Caressa, Randy, Lacey, Curtis, Lance, Sheilene, Jenna, Chantz, Andrew & Ricky. Great Grandchildren: Magyver, Currin, Dax, Zya, Cali, Bella Sue, Cashion, Eden, Raylyn, and two on the way. Great Great Granddaughters: Izzy, Laiklyn & one on the way. His brother Gerald & sister Marti Sikes, Sister-in-law Carolyn Fisher.

Raymond never met a stranger and to know him was to love him. He strove to be a kind, caring and loving person who believed in his God. It’s impossible to put 100 years of living down on paper, but thankfully we were able to hear many, many, stories during the last 8 months of his life.