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Phillip Terry KnightAge: 71 years19442015

Name
Phillip Terry Knight
Given names
Phillip Terry
Surname
Knight
Birth February 5, 1944 33 31
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945

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
Census April 10, 1950 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 5 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 10 years)
Note: Birth: Sep. 9, 1889, Houston County, Tennessee, USA
Death of a paternal grandfatherDossy Thomas Knight Sr.
February 26, 1955 (Age 11 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 22 months)
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 fatherCharles Garner Knight
June 12, 1980 (Age 36 years)
Death of a motherMary Elizabeth Nance
August 14, 1990 (Age 46 years)
Death August 9, 2015 (Age 71 years)
Cremationunknown

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father
Charles Garner Knight
Birth: May 3, 1910 24 20Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: June 12, 1980Houston, Tennessee, United States
mother
Mary Elizabeth Nance
Birth: November 22, 1912Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 14, 1990Houston, Tennessee, United States
himself
Phillip Terry Knight
Birth: February 5, 1944 33 31Tennessee, United States
Death: August 9, 2015Troy, Oakland, Michigan, United States
brother
Private
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step-father
Private
mother
Mary Elizabeth Nance
Birth: November 22, 1912Erin, Houston, Tennessee, United States
Death: August 14, 1990Houston, Tennessee, United States
half-sister
Private
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himself
Phillip Terry Knight
Birth: February 5, 1944 33 31Tennessee, United States
Death: August 9, 2015Troy, Oakland, Michigan, United States
wife
Private
daughter
Private
son
Private
son
Private

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Charles Garner Knight - Household

Rocky Hallow Houston, Tennessee

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Knight, Charles GheadMW39MarTNB & B GangRailroad
Knight, Mary EwifeFW37MarTN
Knight, Phillip TsonMW6NevTN