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Monday, December 20, 2010

Advent Calendar : Religious Services

Did your family attend religious services during the Christmas season? What were the customs and traditions involved?

Attending church services during the Advent season is a special time. Having been a part of different Protestant traditions, I must say that the ones that stick out in my mind are those involving the "Hanging of the Greens" and the lighting of the Advent candles each Sunday in Advent. This was a tradition in both the Disciples of Christ church I grew up in and the United Methodist church of my early adult years.

I've been to Christmas Eve candlelight services as well, and there is something beautiful about a simple worship service at this time of year.

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Obituary : William Lee Wright (1919-1973)

Source : Alexandria, Indiana Times Tribune [undated]

William Wright Dies Monday

William L. Wright, 53, 610 W. Broadway St., was dead on arrival at Community Hospital in Anderson Monday at 12:44 a.m.

He was a native of Alexandria and was married to Bonnie Lambertson, formerly of Elwood.

He had been employed as a clerk at the Alexandria Post Office for 28 years. He was a member of the First Christian Church Alexandria Elk Lodge 478 and was a veteran of World War II.

Surviving with the widow is one son, Terry Wright, and one daughter, Mrs. Gloria LeMasters, both of Alexandria; two sisters, Mrs. Clara Ellen High and Mrs. Barbara Webster, both of Alexandria; five grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were held Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the Karl M. Kyle funeral home. Burial followed in the Park View cemetery.