Nathaniel E. Jr. (Chip) Wright

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CRESAPTOWN — Nathaniel E. “Chip” Wright Jr., 18, of Cresaptown, died Monday, Aug. 5,1996. Born June 26, 1978, in Cumberland, he was the son of Nathaniel E. Wright Sr. and Virginia Lee (Bechtol) Wright. He also was preceded in death by a nephew, Scotty Giles. He graduated from Allegany High School and was going to attend Allegany Community College on a scholarship. While in high school he was a member of the Future Business Leaders of America and the Ecology Club, and was an honor roll student. He took first place this year and second place last year in the Chamber of Commerce Essay Contest on Business. He attended the past seven years of school without missing a day. He was a member of the Winifred Road Church of Christ, Cumberland. Surviving in addition to his parents are two brothers, Rodney Eisentrout, Frostburg, and Keith Wright, Cumberland; two sisters, Kathy Weber, Frostburg, and Kim Wright, Frederick; two nephews, Brian Ritchie and Brandon Eisentrout and maternal grandmother Leona (Whisner) Bechtol. Friends will be received at the Sowers Funeral Home, 60 W. Main St., Frostburg, on Wednesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be conducted at the funeral home on Thursday at I p.m. with the Rev. John R. Herbst officiating. Interment will be in the Frostburg Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be brothers Rodney Eisentrout and Keith Wright, nephew Brian Ritchie, and best friends John Moore, Jerry Broadwater and Brandon Sisk. Cumberland Times-News, August 7, 1996