Wright, Johnie B
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Johnie B. (Sparkman) Wright and Eddie James Wright, Jr. are a retired couple who met, married, and raised their family in Las Vegas. Johnie is a retired nurse’s aide who received her training at Rose De Lima Hospital in 1968. As a native Las Vegan she recalls stories of her youth—Brownies, dancing at Silver Slipper and not being allowed on Jackson Street. She remembers moving to Berkley Square in 1959 and what it was like to live there.
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