The Shemwell Family

Dorothy Lee “Dot” KnightAge: 87 years19292016

Name
Dorothy Lee “Dot” Knight
Given names
Dorothy Lee
Surname
Knight
Nickname
Dot
Married name
Dorothy Lee Satterwhite
Birth March 29, 1929 22 22
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 6 months)

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
Birth of a brotherNorman Guy Knight
January 20, 1939 (Age 9 years)
Census April 15, 1940 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 12 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 20 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 grandmotherBessie Elizabeth Roby
May 7, 1954 (Age 25 years)
Note: Birth: Sep. 9, 1889, Houston County, Tennessee, USA
Death of a paternal grandfatherDossy Thomas Knight Sr.
February 26, 1955 (Age 25 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 16 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 fatherLeeward Guy Knight
February 20, 1987 (Age 57 years)
Death of a motherAllene Christie Waggoner
March 24, 1990 (Age 60 years)
Death of a brotherNorman Guy Knight
May 18, 2014 (Age 85 years)
Death May 27, 2016 (Age 87 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Woodlawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum
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father
Leeward Guy Knight
Birth: October 30, 1906 20 17Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: February 20, 1987Houston, Tennessee, United States
mother
Marriage: July 21, 1928Houston, Tennessee, United States
8 months
herself
Dorothy Lee “Dot” Knight
Birth: March 29, 1929 22 22Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 27, 2016Brentwood, Williamson, Tennessee, United States
10 years
younger brother
Norman Guy Knight
Birth: January 20, 1939 32 32Tennessee, United States
Death: May 18, 2014Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States
Family with Lee Roy Satterwhite - View this family
husband
Lee Roy Satterwhite
Birth: April 2, 1929Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: January 2, 2021Tennessee, United States
herself
Dorothy Lee “Dot” Knight
Birth: March 29, 1929 22 22Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: May 27, 2016Brentwood, Williamson, Tennessee, United States
daughter
Private

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Leeward Guy Knight - Household

Houston, Tennessee

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Knight, GuyheadMW33MTNClarksvilleMontgomeryTNStock Clerk? Commodities
Knight, AlleneXwifeFW33MTNClarksvilleMontgomeryTN
Knight, Dorothy LdaughterFW11STNClarksvilleMontgomeryTN
Knight, NormansonMW1STN