OBIT: Jacob Woodrow KNOTTS, 2001, Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA
  
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  JACOB KNOTTS
  
  June 7, 1913 - January 31, 2001
  
    Jacob Woodrow Knotts, 87, of Knotts Road, Meyersdale, died Jan. 31,
  2001, at Western Maryland Health System Memorial Hospital, Cumberland,
  Md.
    Born June 7, 1913, in Parsons, W.Va., he was a son of the late
  Albert Lewis and Minnie Catherine (Davis) Knotts.  He was also
  preceded in death by two sons, 10 brothers, and four sisters.
    Mr. Knotts is survived by Virginia R. (Stemple) Knotts, his wife of
  64 years, whom he married Feb. 19, 1936; three sons: Richard A. and
  wife Jeanie (Wright), Frostburg, Md.; Alfred R. and wife Joyce
  (Leydig), Berlin; and Jacob W. Jr. and wife Joyce (Wagner),
  Hagerstown, Md.; a daughter, Alma R., wife of Richard Schwanke,
  Abingdon, Md.; two brothers: Lester and wife Mary (Wagner),
  Meyersdale; and Clayton, and wife Rosalea (Davis), Hambleton, W.Va.;
  17, grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
    Mr. Knolls was retired from the Celanese Corporation, Cumberland,
  where he had worked in the spinning department.  He was a past
  president of the Wellersburg Senior Citizens.
    Funeral services were held Feb. 2 at the Harvey H. Zeigler Funeral
  Home, Hyndman, with the Rev. Julie L. Applegate officiating. 
  Interment, Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Glencoe.
    The family requests that memorials in honor of Mr. Knotts be
  directed to the American Heart Association or the American Diabetes
  Association  
  
  The New Republic, February 8, 2001
  
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