The Shemwell Family

Hope Evelyn KnightAge: 93 years19252019

Name
Hope Evelyn Knight
Given names
Hope Evelyn
Surname
Knight
Married name
Hope Evelyn Rowland
Birth November 7, 1925 26 21
Birth of a brotherWilliam Lewis “Bill” Knight Sr.
March 11, 1929 (Age 3 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 3 years)

Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
Census April 2, 1930 (Age 4 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherAda Bell Griffey
September 27, 1930 (Age 4 years)

Death of a paternal grandfatherWilliam Benjamin Knight
September 20, 1932 (Age 6 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn Warden Lewis
November 14, 1939 (Age 14 years)

Census April 10, 1940 (Age 14 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 16 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 24 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Death of a paternal grandmotherMary Francis “Mollie” McMillan
March 28, 1960 (Age 34 years)
Death of a husbandArnold Wayne “Buba” Rowland
February 7, 1967 (Age 41 years)
Death of a fatherGeorge Francis “Bear” Knight
February 28, 1975 (Age 49 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 20 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death of a motherRuth Evelyn Lewis
October 13, 1987 (Age 61 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam Lewis “Bill” Knight Sr.
August 3, 1996 (Age 70 years)
Residence between August 1, 1995 and January 1, 2009 (Age 69 years)
Death September 19, 2019 (Age 93 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Memorial Park Cemetery
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father
George Francis “Bear” Knight
Birth: August 11, 1899 27 23Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 28, 1975Paris, Henry, Tennessee, United States
mother
Ruth Evelyn Lewis
Birth: January 20, 1904 33 26Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: October 13, 1987Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
herself
Hope Evelyn Knight
Birth: November 7, 1925 26 21Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 19, 2019Piperton, Fayette, Tennessee, United States
3 years
younger brother
William Lewis “Bill” Knight Sr.
Birth: March 11, 1929 29 25Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 3, 1996Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States
brother
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sister
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Family with Arnold Wayne “Buba” Rowland - View this family
husband
Arnold Wayne “Buba” Rowland
Birth: October 25, 1924 24 17Tippah, Mississippi, United States
Death: February 7, 1967Montgomery, Alabama, United States
herself
Hope Evelyn Knight
Birth: November 7, 1925 26 21Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: September 19, 2019Piperton, Fayette, Tennessee, United States
son
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daughter
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Census1930 United States - Census transcript - George Francis “Bear” Knight - Household

Erin, Houston, Tennessee

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Knight, George FheadMW30M24TNTNTNLaborerHighway
Knight, Ruth EwifeFW26M19TNTNTN
Knight, Hope EdaughterFW4STNTNTN
Knight, Billy LsonMW1STNTNTN