Warner Percy Knight (1897 - 1976)

Born 1 Apr 1897 in Waverly, Humphreys County, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Frances Katherine (Moody) Knight — married 17 Oct 1917 (to 7 Mar 1976) in Haywood County, Tennessee, United States

Died 7 Mar 1976 at age 78 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, United States

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Biography

Warner was born in 1897. He was the son of Robert Knight and Mary Taylor. He passed away in 1976.

Obituary

Warner Knight Fort Worth Warner Percy Knight, 78, a former Midland resident, died Sunday in a Fort Worth hospital.

Services were set for 4 p.m. today in the First Presbyterian Church of Fort Worth of which Knight was a member. Entombment will be at Greenwood Mausoleum in Fort Worth. Harveson and Cole Funeral Home of Fort Worth is handling arrangements.

Knight, born April 1, 1897 in Erin, Tenn. was a Midland resident from 1927 to 1959. He bought Oilfield Specialty Company and moved to Fort Worth in 1959.

He was a member of the Midland Petroleum Club, the Scottish Rite, Moslah Shrine Temple and a 50-year member Ed Worsham Lodge No. 505 AF and AM.

Survivors include his wife, Frances; a daughter, a brother, George A. Knight of Odessa; a sister; four grandchildren and a great grandchild.

Memorials may be made to Shrine's Cripple Children's Hospital in Dallas.

"The Odessa American", 9 March 1976, Tuesday, Page 2.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSDS-4YY : accessed 21 February 2019), Ira P Night in household of Robert H Night, Civil District 4 Midway town, Houston, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 12, sheet 21A, family 426, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,579.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGXM-ZGD : accessed 21 February 2019), Ira P Knight in household of Robert H Knight, Civil District 4, Houston, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 56, sheet 9A, family 246, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1506; FHL microfilm 1,375,519.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN58-PBR : accessed 21 February 2019), Persey Knight, Brownsville, Haywood, Tennessee, United States; citing ED 79, sheet 28B, line 70, family 78, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1746; FHL microfilm 1,821,746.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HF94-HPZ : accessed 21 February 2019), Warren P Knight, Midland, Midland, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 2, sheet 17B, line 62, family 415, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2376; FHL microfilm 2,342,110.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4SC-V9J : 14 March 2018), R P Knight, Midland, Justice Precinct 1, Midland, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 165-3B, sheet 11A, line 40, family 261, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4105.
• Haywood County, Tennessee Marriage Records
• Obituary
• Find A Grave: Memorial #157915795