Isle of Wight-Norfolk County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Knight, Effie J. Griggs, 1946 

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Illness Fatal To Mrs. Effie Knight 

  Mrs. Effie Jane Knight, 33, wife of D.B. Knight, died last night at her home 
in Norfolk County after a long illness. 

  Besides her husband, she is survived by a daughter, Helen Jean Knight, 
Norfolk County; five sisters, Mrs. P.L. Stanley, Portsmouth; Mrs. G.W. 
Edwards, Windsor; Mrs. L.E. Bassett, South Norfolk; Mrs. C.H. Gay, Smithfield, 
and Mrs. C.L. Gay, Zuni; and four brothers, Richard Griggs, Chuckatuck; Sidney 
Griggs, Windsor; Floyd [sic; Thaddeus Lemuel] Griggs, Norfolk, and John T. 
Griggs, of South Norfolk. 

  The body was taken to the Hill Funeral Home where it will remain until 2:15 
p.m. Sunday at which time the funeral procession will leave for Antioch 
Christian Church.  Services will he held at 3 p.m. by Rev. Fred T. Wright. 

  Burial will be in the church cemetery. 

*brother Thaddeus Lemuel GRIGGS omitted 

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Rites Held For Mrs. Effie Knight 

  Funeral services for Mrs. Effie Jane Knight, of Norfolk County, were 
conducted yesterday afternoon at the Antioch Christian Church with Rev. T. 
Fred Wright officiating. 

  The church choir, accompanied by Mrs. W.W. Saunders, sang, "Safe In the 
Arms of Jesus," "The Old Rugged Cross" and "Jesus Savior of My Soul." 

  The pall was of white gladioli and pink asters and active pallbearers were 
C.L., Herbert, George R. and Silas Gay and W.G. Edwards.  Burial was in the 
church cemetery. 


Effie Jane (GRIGGS; Mrs. Dempsey Burrell) KNIGHT, 
b. 27 Nov 1912, Isle of Wight Co., d. 19 Sep 1946, at home, Norfolk Co., 
interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 22 Sep 1946, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 24, No. 150, Fri., Sep. 20, 1946, p. 3; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 24, No. 152, Mon., Sep. 23, 1946, p. 3 

*Additional information: 

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

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

Her parents, "Thad Gus" Thaddeus Augustus & Sarah Annie (HOLLAND) GRIGGS, 
   are also buried there; her father's gravestone shows Thaddeus L. 

D.Cert. 20202 (Washington #61) is posted with Find a Grave Memorial 
   #207643753 [no grave photo]. 

Her husband (1911-1969) remarried, and is buried in a 
   RIDDICK family Cemetery, 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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