Surry-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Knight, Margaret Council, 1978 

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MARGARET COUNCIL KNIGHT 

MRS. KNIGHT 

  WAKEFIELD - Mrs. Margaret Council Knight, 66, died Sunday in Louise Obici 
Hospital, Suffolk. 

  A native of Robinsonville [sic; Robersonville], N.C., she was the owner of 
Knight's Country House Restaurant, Wakefield until her retirement in 1971. 
She was also a member of Rocky Hock United Methodist Church. 

  Survivors include her husband, Ben E. Knight and one sister, Mrs. Thelma C. 
Wilkins of Edenton, N.C. 

  A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Purviance Funeral Chapel, 
Wakefield by the Rev. J.W. Edwards. 

  Burial will be in the Rocky Hock United Methodist Church Cemetery. 

  The family request expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions 
to the Ivor or Waverly Rescue Squad. 

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MARGARET COUNCIL KNIGHT 

  WAKEFIELD - Mrs. Margaret Council Knight, 66, died Sunday in Obici Hospital, 
Suffolk.

  She was the retired owner and operator of the Knights Country House 
Restaurant and a member of Rocky Hock United Methodist Church.  She was a 
native of Robinsonville [sic; Robersonville], N.C. 

  Survivors include her husband, Ben E. Knight of Wakefield and a sister, Mrs. 
Thelma C. Wilkins of Edenton, N.C. 

  Services were Tuesday in the Purviance Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. 
Jerry W. Edwards officiating.  Burial was in Rocky Hock church cemetery. 

  The family request that memorial donations be made to the Waverly or Ivor 
rescue squads. 


Margaret (COUNCIL; Mrs. Benjamin E.) KNIGHT, retired restuaranteur, 
b. 7 Feb 1911, Robersonville, Martin Co., NC, d. 8 Jan 1978, Suffolk, 
interred in Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery (Plot 59*), Surry Co., 
   10 Jan 1978, 
"Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Jan. 9, 1978, p. 9 

*His gravestone shows Emmitt.  Rocky Hock list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/cemeteries/rockyhk.txt 

A photo of her gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #137010733. 

Her husband died the day of her funeral.  His obits 
   ("Tidewater News," July 31, 1958, II-4, & donated) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/k523b2ob.txt 

Her parents, Zeno & Lollie V. (HATHAWAY) COUNCIL, are buried in 
   Beaver Hill Cemetery, Edenton, Chowan Co., NC. 


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and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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