Willis Richard Knight

1917 - 1954  (37 years)

• Name	Willis Richard Knight
  Born	1917	Indiana
  Gender	Male
  Died	30 Mar 1954	Crawford, Indiana
  Buried	Pleasant Tick Ridge Cemetery, Crawford, Indiana
  Person ID	I26277	Yatesville History & Genealogy
  Last Modified	22 May 2014

  
  

  Father	William Perry Knight,   b. 20 Apr 1886, Indiana ,   d. 18 May 1977, Indiana  (Age 91 years)
  Mother	Edith Marica Austin,   b. 12 Oct 1893, Indiana ,   d. 7 Sep 1974, Indiana  (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F2596	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Amanda Blanche Foster,   b. 29 Apr 1916, Crawford, Indiana ,   d. 1994, Arizona  (Age 77 years)
  Last Modified	18 May 2022
  Family ID	F8837	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  "Man Sitting in Road Is Killed by Truck ENGLISH, Ind. (UP) —Willis Richard Knight, 36, Mifflin, was killed by a truck Tuesday night as he and a stepson sat in the middle of a road, according to state police. Police said Knight and Cleo Willis Knight, 14, were sitting in the middle of a country road one-half mile south of Mifflin when a truck driven by John Laswell, 33, Westport, came over a hill. The truck missed the boy and ran off the -road into a bridge railing and turned over in a creek after hitting Knight. Laswell and young Knight were unhurt. (SOURCE: Newspaper: Logansport Pharos-Tribune › 1954 › March › 31 March 1954 › Page 11)"