Lacy Gomer Wright
Updated Feb 06, 2019
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Lacy Gomer Wright (1916 - 2000)

Lacy Gomer Wright, father to 4 children, was born on May 13, 1916 in Petersburg, Oklahoma. He was born to Ruth H. Wright and Annie May (Campbell) Wright, with siblings Emma, Fred, Claudine, Audine, and Raymond. He married Edith West. and they gave birth to Dewey Monroe Wright, Charles Leon Wright, Barney Wright, and Shirley Wright. Lacy died on December 8, 2000 in Norman, Oklahoma at 84 years old.
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Birth

 in Petersburg, Jefferson County, Oklahoma United States

Death

 on in Norman, Cleveland County, Oklahoma United States

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Average Age

Lacy Gomer Wright lived 15 years longer than the average Wright family member when he died at the age of 84.

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Family

Father: Ruth H. Wright
Mother: Annie May (Campbell) Wright
Siblings: Emma Martha (Wright) Hunter-Russell, Fred William Wright, Claudine Edward Wright, Audine Edyth Wright, and Raymond Ruth Wright

Wife: Edith (West) Wright
Children with Edith: Dewey Monroe Wright, Charles Leon Wright, Barney Wright, and Shirley Wright

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1916 - In the year that Lacy Gomer Wright was born, visiting nurse Margaret Sanger opened the first birth control clinic in the U.S. at 46 Amboy St. in Brooklyn New York. Ten days after the clinic opened, Sanger was arrested for "violating laws against giving out birth control information" which was defined as obscenity. The clinic was not handing out birth control - just information about sex and birth control methods. (The Comstock law categorized information about abortion, family planning, and contraception as “obscene”.) The clinics and organizations that Sanger established later evolved into the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

1921 - He was just 5 years old when the silent film The Sheik, directed by George Melford and starring Rudolph Valentino and Agnes Ayres (also featuring Adolphe Menjou) debuted on October 21st. Critics weren't enthusiastic but the public loved it - in the first few weeks 125,000 people had seen the movie - and it eventually exceeded $1 million in ticket sales. And Rudolph Valentino, an Italian American, became the heartthrob of a female generation.

1937 - He was 21 years old when on May 28th, the San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge opened to cars. Taking 5 years to build, the 4,200-foot-long suspension bridge was an engineering marvel of its time - 11 men died during construction. The "international orange" color was chosen because it resisted rust and fading. To the present, it is the symbol of the City that is known throughout the world.

1961 - By the time he was 45 years old, on April 17th, about 1,000 CIA trained Cuban exiles invaded Cuba with the intention of igniting a rebellion and overthrowing Castro. They were defeated within three days. Although the operation began under Eisenhower, Kennedy approved it and the operation, named the Bay of Pigs for the beach where they landed, was a humiliation for the United States.

1993 - He was 77 years old when on January 20th, William J. Clinton became the 42nd President of the United States. He beat incumbent George H.W. Bush who was seeking his second term. Clinton won 43.01% of the popular vote to Bush's 37.45%. An independent candidate, Ross Perot, won 18.91% - the most votes for an independent candidate since Teddy Roosevelt's run for President in 1912.

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Lacy Gomer Wright, father to 4 children, passed away on December 8, 2000 in Norman, Oklahoma at 84 years of age. There is no listed cause of death. Lacy was born on May 13, 1916 in Petersburg, Oklahoma. He was born to Ruth H. Wright and Annie May (Campbell) Wright, with siblings Emma, Fred, Claudine, Audine, and Raymond. He married Edith West. and they gave birth to Dewey Monroe Wright, Charles Leon Wright, Barney Wright, and Shirley Wright.

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