Rita A. Wright (1946 - 2004)

Born 28 Feb 1946 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Died 6 Jul 2004 at age 58 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

Syreeta Wright is Notable.

Syreeta Wright, who performed under the single name "Syreeta," was an American singer-songwriter.^[1]

Syreeta Wright was born on 28 February 1946 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Lordion Wright and Essie Spencer.^[1]

She married musician Stevie Wonder in 1970, and they divorced two years later. ^[1][2]

Her second husband was Curtis Robertson, whom she married in 1978.^[3] They were the parents of two sons. ^[4]

Syreeta died in 2004. ^[5][1][6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Syreeta Wright Wikipedia
2. ↑ The New Courier, (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) 26 Sep 1970, p. 13, col. 2, Digital images. (newspapers.com; accessed 16 Feb 2021), Historical newspapers. link.
3. ↑ "California Marriage Index, 1960-1985," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V66X-JRQ : 27 November 2014), Curtis C Robertson and Syreeta A Wright, 28 Apr 1978; from "California, Marriage Index, 1960-1985," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2007); citing Los Angeles, California, Center of Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento.
4. ↑ Jet, 3 Jul 1980, Vol. 58, No. 16, p. 21. Web. (google books; accessed 20 Feb 2021).
5. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V35G-FMW : 11 January 2021), Syreeta A Wright, 06 Jul 2004; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
6. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #9066498
   Memorial page for Syreeta Wright (28 Feb 1946–6 Jul 2004), citing Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California, USA (plot: Lakeview Estates Plot, Row 23, Space B); Maintained by Find a Grave.

• 1950 Census: "1950 United States Federal Census"
  United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Austin, Travis, Texas; Roll: 646; Sheet Number: 76; Enumeration District: 256-83
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62308 #192112146
  Syreeta A Wright (3), single daughter, in household of Lardion Wright (30) in Austin, Travis, Texas, USA. Born in Pennsylvania.

See also:

• Classic Motown page for Syreeta
• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKT3-TWX4 : accessed 16 February 2021), Syreeta Wright, Virginia, United States, 09 Jul 2004; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Richmond Times-Dispatch, born-digital text.