OBIT: Vernon Knuckles, 2001, Boyle County, KY

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From the Danville Advocate-Messenger, 21 Nov 2001:

Vernon Vaughn Knuckles Sr., 83, of Lisa Avenue died Tuesday at the 
University of Kentucky Medical Center.

Born March 19, 1918, in Viper, he was a son of the late George Matt and 
Eliza Combs Knuckles. He was the widower of Annabel Stephenson Knuckles. 
He taught high school English in Troy, Ohio, Orlando, Fla., and Louisville. 

After retiring, he served as a substitute teacher at Danville and Boyle 
County high schools until he was 80. 

He was a graduate of Union College and had attended Centre College 
where he played football and was a member of Beta Theta Pi.

He served in the Army Air Force in Aleutian Islands during World War 
II where he earned the rank of technical sergeant. He was a member of 
Lexington Avenue Baptist Church where he taught the Anglers Sunday school 
class. 

He was a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars, National Education 
Association, and Danville Kiwanis Club. He was a Scottish Rite Mason 
and a member of Franklin Lodge No. 14 in Troy, Ohio, and Kosair Shriners 
in Louisville. He was a Kentucky Colonel.

Survivors include a son, Vernon Vaughn Knuckles Jr. of Cincinnati; a 
daughter, Ann Kathleen Knuckles Barbour of Hanover, Ind.; and a sister, 
Juanita Pence of Cincinnati.

A memorial service will be 11 a.m. Friday at Stith Funeral Home. Burial 
will be in Bellevue Cemetery.