Elder Martin VanBuren Wright (d. Stroud, 1914)

Martin VanBuren Wright’s lifework was as a minister with the United Brethren Church, and he founded churches around Stroud Oklahoma before he was carried home to glory. I should know because my name is Nancy Vinzant Wright, and I was his mother. If you were to see my wrinkled and wizened face in the online image of me, you might doubt my  capacity for motherhood, but don't be a fool. Old age will happen to you too--if you live long enough!

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