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Obituary for Marie Luckett Wright Marie Luckett Wright
Shalam Baptist Church Member Was Former Cook, Nanny

Mrs. Marie Luckett Wright, age 95, of Clifton Forge, Virginia, died Monday, February 27, 2012, at the Golden Living Center-Alleghany, Clifton Forge.

She was the wife of the late Withrow Wright.

Mrs. Wright was born April 23, 1916 in Bath County, the daughter of the late Osborne Luckett and Lillie Luckett.

She was a faithful and dedicated member of Shalam Baptist Church.

Mrs. Wright enjoyed cooking and was a former employee at Nimrod Hall, where she was a cook. She also spent thirty years working as a nanny for the Miller family in Rosedale.

She is survived by one nephew, David O. Luckett and wife, Jo Anne of Hampton, VA; six great nieces and nephews, David I. Luckett, Joel N. Luckett, Alecia N. Luckett, Michael Facen, Megan Moore and Kevin Jones; and seven great- great nieces and nephews.

Marie was preceded in death by her parents, Osborne Luckett and Lillie Luckett, her twin sister, Margaret and her husband, Withrow Wright.

A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, March 2, 2012, at The Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 241 Ridge Road, Millboro, with officiating Pastor Steve Noel from Good News Fellowship Church of Covington.

Interment will follow in Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery.

Arrangements are being handled by the Loving Funeral Home, Covington, Virginia.