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Vance Orpheus Bright Jr.
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Vance Orpheus Bright Jr., 81, of Palmyra, died on Saturday, May 15, 2010.
He was born on January 19, 1929, in Morganton, North Carolina, the son of Vance O. and Isabelle Amelie Salvageot Bright.
A retired naval architect/ engineer with the United States Department of the Navy, Mr. Bright was a 1952 graduate of the Newport News Apprentice School, where he worked for 17 years. During his long career, Mr. Bright worked in the design and construction of several United States naval vessels including several aircraft carriers and the ocean liner "The United States".
He is survived by his wife, Mary Frances Girton Bright of Palmyra; two daughters, Cheryl Frances Bright of Falls Church, Virginia, and Mary Lynne Bright of Palmyra; one son, W. Edward Bright of Irvington, New York; two brothers, Bill A. Bright of Valdese, North Carolina, and Edward B. Bright and his wife of Newport News; one sister, Nellena B. Thomas of Winston Salem, North Carolina; and a number of nieces and nephews. He also leaves behind Moochie, Terri and Buck, his furry companions.
A celebration of his life will be held 2 p.m. Saturday, June 12, 2010, at Cunningham United Methodist Church in Palmyra, Virginia.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of the Piedmont in, Charlottesville, Virginia, Caring for Creatures, Palmyra, Virginia, or to the Fluvanna SPCA.
Friends may sign the guest register at teaguefuneralhome.com.
This obituary was originally published in the Daily Progress.
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Jim Eason
June 11, 2010
My best to the family. He was my cousin, "Buster," and a good man.
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Brenda Gilliam
May 26, 2010
My thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of grief. May your memories bring you comfort.
Mimi
May 25, 2010
Dad, you are truly missed but I know you are in a better place and pain free.
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