Mildred Sulser Wright
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Mildred Sulser Wright
January 29, 1922 - July 29, 2014
Mildred O’Neil Sulser Wright, 92, of
Beaumont, died Tuesday, July 29, 2014. She was born on January 29, 1922, in
Birmingham, Alabama, to Ada Lee Wilson Sulser and Willie Raymond Sulser. Mildred
was a retired bookkeeper and a certified genealogist.
On July 13, 1944, she married Zelma
Hudson Wright, Jr. in New London, Connecticut. They lived in Dundalk, Maryland,
Kingston, Tennessee, back to Dundalk again, before moving to Beaumont in 1967.
In 2003, the Texas Historical Commission
presented Mildred the Award of Merit in Historic Preservation and she received
special notice for designing a marker cover for the Texas Historical Commission.
For more than twenty years, she had contributed her time and efforts to the
preservation of Jefferson County’s history. Mildred had a deep love for the
preservation of history. She was described as an “Alabaman who turned into a
Texan.” She moved to Southeast Texas in 1968 and worked tirelessly to make sure
that historical markers told the story of Southeast Texas’ past. Known as the
“Cemetery Lady,” she worked to preserve the Magnolia and Spell cemeteries,
among others.
Mildred provided the narrative for the
sub-courthouse in Port Arthur and provided historical markers for the Rainbow
Bridge and the P.O.W. camp in China. She worked tirelessly in her research
efforts and enjoyed learning new things about the history of Southeast Texas.
Mildred was a member of Jefferson County
Historical Commission, Daughters of the American Revolution (Emigrant Trail
Chapter, Auburn, California), United Daughters of the Confederacy (Alabama–Etowah
Chapter), Southeast Texas Camellia Society, and Southeast Texas Genealogical
and Historical Society.
Survivors include her daughter, Ramona
Lee Wright-Schmiedel of Auburn, California; sister, Mrs. J. L. Hollstein of
Seattle, Washington; and members of her late husband’s family.
She is preceded in death by her husband,
Zelma Hudson Wright, Jr.; mother, Ada Sulser; and brothers, Raymond Sulser and
William Roscoe Sulser.
A gathering of Mrs. Wright’s family and
friends will begin at 9:00 a.m., with her funeral service to follow at 10:00
a.m., Saturday, August 23, 2014, at Broussard’s, 2000 McFaddin Avenue,
Beaumont. Interment will follow at Magnolia Cemetery, Beaumont.
In lieu of flowers, memorial
contributions may be made to Clayton Genealogical Library, 5300 Caroline
Street, Houston, Texas 77004.
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