SPARTANBURG HERALD---Friday, 14 May 1948 JOHN R. BRIGHT GAFFNEY--- Funeral services for John Roland Bright, 58, former textile worker who died at Cherokee County Hospital Thursday night at 6:30 will be held Friday at 3 at Draytonville Baptist Church by the Rev. Clarence Hampton. Burial will be in the church cemetery. A lifelong resident of Cherokee County, Mr Bright is survived by his wife, Mrs, Mamie Willie Bright and a brother, Hosea Bright. He had been ill 3 years.