Brief Life History of Robert “Bob” Gray
Robert "Bob" Gray Knight, 93, of Lillington, died Wednesday, August 30, 2017 at the SECU Hospice Home in Smithfield. He was born in Guilford County, the son of Robert Gorrell and Gray Vernon Knight. Robert was preceded in death by his wife, Ruth Johnson Knight, son Kenneth Johnson Knight and daughter-in-law, Cheryl H. Knight. He was a World War II and Korea veteran of the US Navy. Robert was member of VFW Post 6722 and the American Legion in Lillington. Robert is survived by three sons, David Knight and partner Kathy of Apex, Vernon Knight and wife Kay of Angier and Kevin Knight of Lillington; grandchildren, Stephanie K. Pattillo (Shane), Melissa K. Petruzzo (Franco), Heather K. Lee (Chris), Kelsey (Nick) Knight and four great-grandchildren; brother, William (Putt) Knight of Madison. Funeral 11 a.m. Saturday, September 2, 2017 at Lillington Baptist Church. Graveside service 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Flat Rock United Methodist Church Cemetery in Stokesdale, NC.
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- Robert Knight in household of Robert Knight, "United States Census, 1940"
- Robert Knight, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
- Robert G Knight, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
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1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
1949 · NATO is Established
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Name Meaning
English: status or occupational name from Middle English knight ‘retainer, attendant’ (Old English cniht ‘boy, youth, lad)’. The specialized feudal sense ‘a high-ranking tenant bound to serve his lord as a mounted soldier’ is not known to have ever given rise to the surname, although it is not out of the question that it may occasionally have been used as a nickname, perhaps for someone who played the part of an armed knight in a local pageant.
Irish: sometimes adopted for Gaelic Mac an Ridire ‘son of the knight’. See also McKnight .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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