Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Knight, Horace B., 1929 

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HORACE KNIGHT PASSES AT HOME IN WHALEYVILLE 

Well-Known Citizen of Nansemond County Dies Early This Morning 
   and Funeral Will Be Conducted Tomorrow From Whaleyville M. E. Church. 

  Funeral services for Horace Benton [sic; Burton] Knight, of Whaleyville, who 
died at his residence in that village early this morning, will be conducted 
Sunday afternoon at the Whaleyville Methodist Church at 3:30 o'clock with the 
Rev. J.S. Maxey officiating.  He will be assisted by the Rev. J.R. Taylor and 
Dr. W.W. Staley.  Interment will be in the church cemetery. 

  Mr. Knight was born June 25, 1895, and had been a resident of the 
Whaleyville community for some time [sic*].  He saw service overseas during 
the World War, serving in the 29th division, Company A. 

  He leaves besides his widow, who was before her marriage, Miss Annie Ruffin 
Beamon, of Franklin, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. P.O. [sic; T.O.] Knight, both 
of Whaleyville; two brothers, Frank Knight, of Whaleyville, and Dr. Thos. 
Esten [sic; Estin] Knight, of Richmond; one sister, Mrs. L.C. Doughtry [sic; 
Daughtrey], of Mica, Va.; five aunts, Mrs. I.W. Johnson, Mrs. J.B. Crocker, 
Mrs. C.O. Harrell, and Mrs. Roscoe Benton, all of this city, and Mrs. Ida 
Brinkley, of Corapeake; one uncle, Dr. Will Knight, of Newport News. 

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Knight Funeral Is Held At Whaleyville 

  Active pallbearers for Horace Knight, whose funeral was conducted yesterday 
at the Whaleyville Methodist Church, were P. Owen Parker, W.O. Brothers, J.R. 
Winborne, Jr., T.R. Rodgers, W.F. Story, Ernest Brinkley and Roy Knight; 
honorary, E.A. Brothers, P.A. Parker, Dr. H.H. Hunter, Dr. W.T. Gay, J.H. 
Vaughan, B.H. Doughtery [sic; Dougherty], J.R. Odom, W.W. Sewall, Charles L. 
Parker, J.T. Umphlett, A.S. Whichard, Surry Parker, S.R. Walters, P.M. Taylor, 
W.T. Howell, William Ogle, R.C. Norfleet, Thomas Arthur and P.T. Howell. 


Horace Burton KNIGHT, Whaleyville merchant, Army veteran of WW-I, 
b. 25 Jun 1895, Nansemond Co.*, d. 20 Jul 1929, Nansemond Co., 
interred in Whaleyville Methodist Church Cemetery*, 21 Jul 1929, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 7, No. 119, Sat., July 20, 1929, p. 10; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 7, No. 120, Mon., July 22, 1929, p. 8 

*Additional information: 

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

Photos of his Gravestone & foot stone - added by Jake Dog - are posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #95229135. 

His parents are also buried there, as are both wives - his widow (1896 - 1984) 
   with her second husband Arthur Darien MILTEER. 

D.Cert. 18247 (Whaleyville #14) gives b. Whaleyville. 


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