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Submitted: 1/30/24 • Approved: 1/30/24 • Last Updated: 2/2/24 • R253432-G253430-S3
John
1909 - 1964
Mary
1919 - 1959
Gone but not forgotten
Per John's death cert:
Lifespan: Jan. 4, 1909 - March 29, 1964,
Parents: Claude and Eliza Shultz Knight
Johnny Knight, 55, Harrison, Tenn., died Sunday night in a local hospital from injuries received in an automobile accident March 21.
Survivors are three sons, Henry LeRoy Knight, Long Beach, Calif.; John Henry Knight, Harrison, Tenn., and Michael Knight, Chattanooga; six daughters, Mrs. Virginia Redman, Bell Garden, Calif.; Mrs. Alice Walters, Ooltewah, Tenn.; Mrs. Clair Deslatte, Compton, Calif.; Mrs. Sander Hargus, Resedo, Calif., and Mrs. Barbara Davis, Resedo, Calif., and Mrs. Christine Boyd, Long Beach, Calif.; one brother, Joe Knight of Chattanooga; three sisters, Mrs. Bertha Crisp and Mrs. Addie Mae Hawk, both of Chattanooga, and Mrs. Nettie Ingle, Cleveland, Ohio. There are 10 grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 this afternoon from the Thomas Chapel with Rev. Douglas Cravens and Rev. Frank Frantz officiating. Interment will be in the Bartlebaugh Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Bill Smith, Everett Ellis, Jack Ellis, Bill Ellis, Fres Swaggerty and Jackie Phillips. The body is at the residence. Funeral arrangements by Coulter’s - Ashland Terrace.
Chattanooga Times, 31 Mar 1964, pg 9
Per Mary's death cert, obit:
Lifespan: Apr. 17, 1918 - Feb. 27, 1959 -
Parents: William Lark and Myrtle Barnett Beech,
Husband: Johnny Knight,
Children: Henry Leroy Knight, Mickie Pittman, Mrs. Virginia Redman, Clara May, Barbara, Sandra, Alice Fay and Christine Knight,
Siblings: W. A. , Paul and Charles H. Beech, Mrs. Sylvia Ricketts, Mrs. Ann Caldwell, Mrs. Lula May Buckner, Mrs. Betty Keton, Mrs. Bessie Kerwin
Contributed on 1/30/24
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