Isle of Wight-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Knight, D. Burwell Jr., 1938 

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KNIGHT FUNERAL HELD YESTERDAY 

Accident Victim Buried in Antioch Church Cemetery 

  Funeral services for Burwell Knight, Jr., were held Sunday afternoon at 4 
o'clock, at the grave in Antioch Church cemetery, conducted by the Rev. H.E. 
Crutchfield, and the Rev. W.V. Carroll. 

  The nine-year-old boy died Friday afternoon, after being struck early that 
morning in front of the Kinser Kabins, near Windsor. 

  The members of the church choir sang the hymn "Safe In The Arms of Jesus." 
There were many beautiful floral tributes, and the casket was covered with a 
pall of white dahlias and fern. 

  Active pallbearers were: Albert Cutchin, Jr., Willie Edwards, George Robert 
Gay, Robert Lee Bradshaw, Thomas Ashburn, Jesse Thorne, Milton Whitehouse and 
Edward Rountree.  Honorary pallbearers were the primary and junior classes of 
the Western Branch church. 

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WINDSOR CHILD, 9, CROSSING ROAD KILLED BY AUTO 

Death Car Was Driven By A Woman Tourist 

  Burwell Knight, Jr., nine-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Burwell Knight, of 
Windsor, was fatally injured Friday morning at 7 o'clock when he was struck 
by an automobile driven by Mrs. Mildred L. Finley, of Hanover, Mass., on 
state highway 460 near Kinser Kabins about eight miles from Suffolk.  He died 
Friday afternoon at Lakeview Hospital. 

  The little boy had been sent by his parents to Kinser Kabins for groceries 
and on returning he stepped behind a state road machine working on the highway 
almost in front of Kinser Kabins and emerged directly in front of Mrs. 
Finley's car, which was traveling towards Richmond. 

  Mrs. Finley, witnesses said, almost wrecked her car trying to avoid striking 
the child.  The boy sustained a broken right leg and internal injuries.  He 
was rushed to Lakeview Hospital, where he died of his injuries. 

  The accident was witnessed by M.F. Gilliam, operator of the road machine, 
who stated that it was unavoidable.  Mrs. Finley, who has been visiting 
friends in Norfolk, and was enroute to her home in Massachusetts, was in a 
state of collapse over the tragedy. 

  She was admitted to bail at first on a charge of reckless driving, which was 
later changed to involuntary manslaughter.  She later gave bail for her 
appearance Wednesday morning before Judge J.F. Wilson of Isle of Wight. 

  The accident was investigated by State Patrolman Burgess. 

  The body was taken to the funeral home of I.O. Hill and Company, and was 
viewed by Coroner S. Edward Joyner.  Besides his parents, the little victim is 
survived by a sister, Helen Jean Knight, his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Annie 
Griggs of Isle of Wight, and his parental grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Dempsey 
Knight, of Chuckatuck. 

  The body remained at the funeral home of I.O. Hill and Company until Sunday 
afternoon at 3 o'clock, when the funeral procession left for Antioch Christian 
Church cemetery, where services were held at the grave with the pastor, the 
Rev. H.E. Crutchfield, officiating. 


Dempsey Burwell KNIGHT, Jr., 
   son of Dempsey Burwell & Effie Jane (GRIGGS) KNIGHT, of near Windsor, 
b. 1 Nov 1928, South Norfolk, 
fatally injured by auto 23 Sep 1938, US 460, d. 23 Sep 1938, Suffolk, 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 25 Sep 1938, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 16, No. 159, Mon., Sep. 26, 1938, p. 1; 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 19, No. 27, Thurs., Sep. 29, 1938, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

Antioch list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/antioch.txt 

Unmarked; not on: 
   Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #20: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

No Find a Grave Memorial 

His mother (1912 - 1946) is also buried there unmarked. 

His maternal grandparents, "Thad" Thaddeus Augustus & Sarah Annie (HOLLAND) 
   GRIGGS, are also buried there. 

D.Cert. 20427 (Suffolk #249) gives his mother as Ethel. 

His mother's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald," Sep. 20 & 3, 1946, p. 3) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/k523e1ob.txt 

His father (1911 - 1969) remarried twice, and is buried in a RIDDICK family 
   cemetery, on Greenway Rd., Nansemond Co. 
   Nansemond Co. Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 3 (NV-III-11), 
   another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/nanvol3.txt 


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