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Maggie Lenoa Wright Weaver: Daughter of a Pioneer

My beautiful Great Grandmother Maggie Lenoa Wright Weaver 


This information was found at the "George Washington Wright" genealogy Website: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/

Maggie Lenoa (Wright) Weaver

Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain:
but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
(Proverbs 31: 30 AKJV)

Born February 17, 1885 Pitman, Randolph Co., AR
Died June 15, 1957 Clay Co., AR
Buried at Williams Cemetery, Corning, Clay Co., Arkansas
Married to William Izear WEAVER on October 19, 1902 Randolph Co., AR

Maggie was the fifth child of George Washington Wright Jr. and Nancy Jones Wright. At the passing of her father, this obituary was written:

PIONEER PASSED AWAY HERE LAST WEDNESDAY
- 30 Apr 1937

George W. Wright, aged 79, highly respected pioneer citizen of Clay Co., passed away here last Wednesday at 6:20 p.m., at the home of his daugher, Mrs. W. F. Barnes.

Mr. Wright was born on 22 June 1857 near Paragould, and removed to Randolph county when he was two years of age. He had resided in Clay county during the past 35 years.

His funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon by Rev. R. L. Powell and internment was made in Williams cemetery. Mr. Wright was devout christian & a member of the Methodist church.

Surviving are six children, Mrs. W. I. Weaver, Mrs. W. F. Barnes, William Wright, Ollie Wright, Corning; Jess and Hubert Wright, Kennett, Missouri; brother Philmore Wright, Walcott; sisters Mrs. Nancy Leavens, Paragould; Mrs. Fanny Myers, St. Louis, Missouri, 41 grandchildren and 34 great-granchildren.


My beautiful Great Grandmother Maggie Wright Weaver truly fits the description of the "Proverbs 31" woman and as her descendent, I am blessed to share a bit of her life with others. Great Grandma went to be with the Lord 6 months before I was born; I look forward to seeing her in Glory. :)

Family Tree

Maggie Lenoa (Wright) Weaver


--b. February 17, 1885 Pitman, Randolph Co., AR
--d. June 15, 1957 Clay Co., AR
----buried Williams Cemetery, Corning, Clay Co., Arkansas
--m. William Izear WEAVER
--October 19, 1902 Randolph Co., AR
----b. June 18, 1883 Tennessee
----d. February 27, 1962 Paragould, Greene Co., AR
------buried Williams Cemetery, Corning, Clay Co., Arkansas
------s/o Alfred Green Chance Weaver and Patience Angeline CASTEEL
--------gs/o Alfred S. Weaver and Emily LITTLE
----------gt gs/o Samuel Little and Elizabeth 'Betsy' BOONE
------------2nd gt gs/o John Little and Bellany ERWIN
------------2nd gt gs/o John Boone and Rebecca ?



Source: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ajobebrown/wright/phil/gw.html
* Maggie and William had nine children; my grandmother was their first child. - AW
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  1. A Birthday Tribute to Grandmother Lillian (Weaver) Somers | Tracing My Christian HeritageSeptember 23, 2014 at 6:10 AM

    […] 24th, is my grandmother’s birthday. She was born in 1903 in Randolph County, Arkansas, to the lovely and spirited Maggie Lenoa and the athletic William Izear Weaver. Lillian was their first child and I can only imagine how much this first fruit of her parents […]

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  2. A Birthday Tribute to Grandmother Lillian (Weaver) Somers | Angela Wittman's BlogSeptember 23, 2014 at 7:00 AM

    […] 24th, is my grandmother’s birthday. She was born in 1903 in Randolph County, Arkansas, to the lovely and spirited Maggie Lenoa and the athletic William Izear Weaver. Lillian was their first child and I can only imagine how much this first fruit of her parents was […]

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