Willis Richard Knight

1917 - 1954  (37 years)

• Name	Willis Richard Knight
  Birth	1917	Indiana
  Gender	Male
  Death	30 Mar 1954	Crawford, Indiana
  Burial	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)
  Family ID	F8837	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2023

  
  

• 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)"