Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Knight, Roger M., 1916 

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ROGER MARVIN KNIGHT

ROGER M. KNIGHT

   After months of sickness and suffering, Roger M. Knight died at his home 
here Saturday morning, December 2, in the 40th year of his age. Funeral 
services were held in the Methodist Church Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, 
conducted by the pastor, Rev. T.E. Johnson, assisted by Rev. H.P. Dalton of 
the Baptist church and were attended by a large concourse of sorrowing 
relatives and friends. The floral tributes were numerous and very beautiful. 
The interment was made in Beechwood cemetery and the pallbearers were: active 
B.F. Britt, E.R. Bryant, Walter H. Britt, J.D. Hart, S.J. Myrick, A.S. Francis, 
F.M. Powell and R.E. Barrett; honorary, W.W. White, Dr. J.M. Bland, H.A. Moore, 
E.H. Grizzard, J.W. Fleetwood, A. H. Hines and W.A. Powell.

   Deceased was the oldest son of the late Alex. Knight and Mrs. Katherine T. 
Knight. He is survived by a widow and three children, his mother, two sisters, 
Mrs. W.T. Edwards, and Miss Grace Knight, and three brothers, H.F., R.C. and 
A.L. Knight, all of Boykins.

   Born of honorable and upright parents and reared in a Christian home, it is 
not surprising that Roger Knight should have taken a prominent place in the 
commercial civic and religious life of his native town. As a merchant, a member 
of the town council, a teacher in Sunday school and a steward in the Methodist 
church he was faithful to each trust; in fact he was true to all the relations 
of life and there was genuine sorrow in all hearts when the news came that he 
had gone to his reward. The writer feels a sense of personal loss in his death 
and we desire to express to each sorrowing loved one our sincere and heartfelt 
sympathy in this hour of bereavement.


[Roger Marvin KNIGHT, d. 2 Dec 1916, age 40, 
 interred in Beechwood Cemetery, Boykins, 3 Dec 1916, 
 "The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), 8 Dec 1916] 

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