DEATH NOTICE FORM FROM: PARKER-PRICE MORTUARY
TOPEKA, KANSAS
Family contact name and telephone number: Belinda Bright 785-246-3122 (Wife)
1. Full Name: Glen E. Bright Age: 53 Years Sex: Male
2. Current address: Meriden, KS
3. Date of death: Thursday , October 3, 2002
4 Place of death: Grantville , KS
5. Cause of death:
6. Date of birth: June 22, 1949 Place of birth: Topeka Kansas,
6.b. Parents: Eldon Otis and Mary Mildred Johnson Bright
6.c. Years in current city/town:
7. Background: He graduated from Meriden High School and attended Washburn University.
He was a truck driver in the local area with his Father for Brights Freight Service for over 25 years. He
then became a contractor in general construction being self-employed. He worked as automobile mechanic.
He tractor pulled for over 13 years. He designed and built the sled that was used in the tractor pulls. It was
called the Instigator.
He did a lot of charity work for the Meriden Threshing Association. He helped move the log cabin on to the
grounds and helped build the scales for weighing the tractors before the pulls. He served as the secretary of
the Tractor Pull Association.
8. Relatives: Married to: Belinda J. Warren , in Chattanooga, TN, March 14, 1981
8.b. preceded in death by:
8.c. Immediate survivors:
Wife: Belinda J. Bright, Meriden, KS
Sister: Beverly M. Golder, Topeka, KS
Sister: Sheila M. Isern, Olathe, KS
Mother: Mary Mildred Bright, Grantville, KS
StepDaughter: Amanda Johnson, Meriden, KS
StepSon: J.R. Johnson, Ringgold, GA
Grandson: 1
9. Service time, day, date, place: Services will be at 10:00 a.m. Monday, October 7, 2002 at Parker-Price
Mortuary.
10. Burial: Grantville Cemetery Grantville, Kansas
11. Visitation times, place: Glen E. Bright will lie in state at Parker-Price Mortuary after 1:00 p.m., Sunday,
Oct 6, where the family will receive friends from 4:00 -6:00 P.M.,Sunday, Oct 6, 2002 .
12. Vigil, wake, rosary, other: None
13. Memorial contributions, if any: Ronald McDonald House, 825 SW Buchanan, Topeka, KS
66606-1427
14. Funeral home in charge: Parker-Price Mortuary, 245 NW Independence, Topeka, KS 66608.
Director: Bob Webb