In Memory

Gilbert Wright

Gilbert Wright



 
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07/05/10 01:38 PM #3    

Lisa Brown

Gil was something else...he always cracked me up. I'm sorry to hear of his passing. You will not be forgotten Mr. Wright!!


07/06/10 06:01 PM #4    

Suzy Storey (Armstrong)

Just saw that Gil passed on...I'm crushed!  Gil took me to all the school dances!  If it wasn't for him, I wouldn't have gotten to go to anything.  He was my dependable, proper date to everything!  Does anyone know how long he has been gone?  You're right Lisa, he will never be forgotten... 


07/08/10 03:59 PM #5    

Jack Spencer (Spencer)

Gil was my driving compadre in 10th grade drivers ed. I don't know which one of us scared Coach Eddy more! If anyone has any info about his passing, could you send it to me? I'd like to make a tribute page for him.


07/18/10 03:36 PM #6    

Jay Rogers

 I remember Gil mostly from the Byrd Junior High days. His dad took to the two of us on an overnight fishing trip. Little did I know that we would have to sleep in an open row-boat all night. I awoke to find myself in the middle of a Cherokee Indian tribe annual meeting. We both stood out in the crowd, but they did have extra fried chicken to share with us. Before you knew it, we were part of the indian nation. HA. 


07/18/10 06:18 PM #7    

Lee Ann Simpson (Remington)

sorry to hear about, gil. i was an o.u. traffic court justice, with gil, my sophmore year @ o.u. it was a fun job---gil was the bad cop and i was the softest good cop. guess, that comes with age.  gil had the funniest, dry, sense of humor. it always cracked me up!!

 

gill....you are missed by us all!!

 

lee ann simpson remington

 

 


07/20/10 02:00 AM #8    

Michelle Payne (Blair)

Dear Chargers,

Gil and I dated off and on for 5 years...through high school and into our first 2 years at college. He went to OU and pledged Fiji and I went to OSU and pledged Phi Mu. Eventually, the distance caused us to make the decision to date other people. All the while, we remained friends. I met and married a great guy from OSU in 1985. Gil came to our wedding with his parents and wished me the best. He would call to chat about once or twice a year to see how life was going for me. The last time that I saw Gil was in 1988. He was in Tulsa and called me to meet him at a restaurant on Peoria. We sat and talked for quite awhile. We talked about how we grew up together...fond memories of football games, Shotgun Sam's Pizza, driving T-Town (Peoria), going on dates, our senior prom and then college life and fraternity and sorority parties! At the time he was living in Eugene, Oregon and going to graduate school. He seemed content with his life. 

I never saw or heard from Gil again. Often wondered how he was and if he had ever settled down and got married. I knew that his Dad had died first and then his Mom. Gil was left an only child as his older brother had died after coming home from the war. I had heard at our 20th high school reunion that he was back and living in Tulsa.

I didn't hear anymore about him until my mother called me one day in the summer of 2006. She told me that she had read in the Tulsa World that Gil had died. I asked questions and she stated that the obituary did not give alot of details. The lack of information caused my mother to call the funeral home and inquire. She learned that he lived alone in an apartment around TU. When he did not show up for work, a friend became concerned and went to check on him, only to find him dead. The coroner stated that he had been deceased for about 2 to 3 days. Cause of death was listed as heart failure. Since Gil was preceeded in death by both his parents and had no siblings, it was 3 weeks before a relative from Texas came to claim his body. Gil was laid to rest in a small cemetary in a small town in Texas.

This was a sad end to Gil's life. 44 is too young to die. When we were young, he and I dreamed and talked of our futures. Anyone who knew him in high school knew what aspirations he had for himself and the life that he wanted to lead. He had dreams of grandure...only hope that somewhere in the years after high school he made some of those dreams come true for himself.

Gilbert Gray Wright (Gray was his mother's maiden name)

December 7, 1962

June 6, 2006

Rest in peace Gil.

With love,

Michelle D. Blair (Payne)

 

 


08/01/10 12:30 AM #9    

Felicia Nichols (Stark)

michelle,

thanks for filling in some parts of gil's life for us. 


08/28/10 02:07 PM #10    

Jack Spencer (Spencer)

A page in Gils memory can be found at

 

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=57820955


03/01/11 07:37 PM #11    

Gary Wampnar

 I was close friends with Gil towards the end of his life. He was and is an amazing person. I hadn't seen him for years until we ran into each other about ten years ago.

I know alot of things that went on his life towards the end and will keep them private for him.

I am glad I came across here today to offer condolences for him. And provide some peace of mind in those who would like to know that Gil died comfortably. It was sudden and although he was alone. He had many friends at the time, who cherish his friendship.

I was given his Memorial Class ring a few years by a close friend of his. He had many many close friends, who recognized what a very nice person he was.

His mother died a few years before him. His last years, in someway were rough for him, and yet the resilence and love that he always showed for others drew many so close to him - because it was apparent how special a person he is.

I knew Gil from second grade or so, with Vick Thomason, and Joel Pyron,  and offered to show Gil's 3rd grade yearbook picture around to friends. 

He politely offered to show my awkard elementry pictures too. We came to a truce.

He was and is very outstanding person and was deeply loved by everyone that knew him.

 


03/16/13 08:59 PM #12    

Gary Wampnar

When I reread my comments for Gil I realized that Gil would not mind if I mentioned that he had severe depression for sometime. He died of a heart attack. His body was understress I believe from having recovered from pneumonia. His friends had urged him to go to the doctor. He was a very kind person and we shared many afternoons together having coffee. He had many friends who recognized that he was always kind and considerate.


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