Elizabeth A. Wright

Elizabeth Arizona Dutton Wright was born on January 19, 1924 in Salisbury, Maryland to the parentage of the late Eva Laura Barkley Dutton and Clinton Webster Dutton. She went quietly into eternal rest on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at the age of 93. Elizabeth was raised in Allen, Maryland and was the oldest of six children. She attended the Wicomico County Public school system. As a young adult, Elizabeth moved to Philadelphia, PA and Wilmington, DE where she found gainful employment and enjoyed life. Many years later she returned to the Eastern Shore and found work at Green Giant, Coldwater Seafood and Deer's Head Hospital where she worked in the library. She later became the wife of Harrison Samuel Wright, Jr. They lived in Wetipquin, Maryland and were married for fifty-four years. For a while she enjoyed fishing with her husband, bur later stopped because she said, “He liked to go out where the Titanic went down!” Elizabeth enjoyed cooking, especially Harrison’s favorite pepper steak and pound cake from scratch. She was an avid reader, especially reading her bible. The most important part to Elizabeth's life was her servitude to Jehovah God through her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. She was an Evangelist and did many ministerial works to win souls for God’s Kingdom. She invited many people to her own home and taught, prayed and fed them the Bread of Life. She also did prison ministry to incarcerated men at Poplar Hill Pre-Release Unit. Elizabeth was so serious about her walk with the Lord that she always answered the phone not with hello, but with “Praise the Lord.” Those left with cherished memories: one daughter, Shirley D. Watford, Salisbury, Maryland; two sisters, Mildred Polk (Calvin) and Anita Odom (Robert) of Salisbury, Maryland; one brother, Gregory Dutton (Geraldine) of Virginia Beach, Virginia; three grandsons, Albert Turner (Elaine), San Antonio, TX, Brandon Watford (Stephanie), Edinburg, VA and Jerry Watford (Michelle), Salisbury, MD; eight grandchildren; four great-great grandchildren and a host of nephews, nieces, cousins and friends. Preceding Elizabeth in passing were her parents, her husband, one brother Clinton Dutton, Jr.; one sister Eva Jeanette Dutton and son-in-law, Albert Watford. To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of Elizabeth A. Wright, please visit our Heartfelt Sympathies Store.

Elizabeth A. Wright

January 19, 1924 - March 28, 2017