Wright, Lucille, 1913-2001

Lucille Wilson was born to Emma Fineel and Thomas H. Wilson in Verona, Missouri on January 13, 1913. She spent most of her young life in Illinois. She worked as a teacher and married John S. Wright in 1939. The couple moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1956 when he got a job at Nevada Southern University, now known as the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The couple had three children. Lucille passed away on November 19, 2001 in Las Vegas.