Rudolph KNIGHT

1916 - 2004  (88 years)

• Name	Rudolph KNIGHT
  Birth	29 Mar 1916	Woods, Panola County, Texas, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	738830F43A324F1DABC1E21A7BDC38928014
  Death	17 Sep 2004	Carthage, Panola County, Texas, USA   [1]
  Burial	Restland Memorial Park, Carthage, Panola County, Texas, USA   [1]
  Notes	From findagrave.com, Mar 2015: Funeral services for Rudolph Knight, 88, of Carthage, were held at 10 a.m. Sept. 20, 2004 at Hawthorn Funeral Home Chapel. Bros. Wade Maberry, Pete Williams and June Taylor officiated. Burial followed in Restland Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Hawthorn Funeral Home. He died Sept. 17 at his home in Carthage. Born March 29, 1916 in the Woods Post Office Community of Panola County, he was the son of Killis A. and Eugenia Williams Knight. He attended rural Woods Post Office schools and was reared in the Woods New Hope Baptist Church. Rudolph served the United State Army in the 411th Engineers Special Shop Battalion during World War II. He married Emogene Minter on Sept. 5, 1946 and they celebrated 58 years together. He owned and operated Knight & Sons Welding and construction. He started the Country Music Hayride known as the "Panola County Jamboree". He loved hunting and fishing and time with family above all else. He was preceded in death by his parents; and brothers, John Preston, Monroe Achilles and Jimmy Allen Knight. Survivors include his loving wife, Emogene Knight, of Carthage; sons and daughters-in-law, Don Allen and Yvonne Knight, Bill Knight, and Skipper and Sheila Knight, all of Carthage; daughters and sons-in-law, Pat and James Moon, of Carthage, Tanya and Wade Maberry, of Gilmer, and Novelle Cox, of Gladewater; sister-in-law, Opal Knight, of Austin; 17 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews; and a host of friends. Pallbearers were Trent Moon, Brad Moon, Levi Maberry, Daniel Maberry, Roy Knight, Kirk Nichols, Tommy Nichols, Cary Nichols and Josh Knight. The family suggests donations be made to The Texas Country Music Hall of Fame. Published in The Panola Watchman, September 22, 2004
  Person ID	I4499	America
  Last Modified	16 Mar 2015

  
  

  Family	Emogene "Jean" Minter,   b. 26 Oct 1928, Gary, Panola County, Texas, USA d. 9 Aug 2012, Carthage, Panola County, Texas, USA (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	5 Sep 1946	Texas, USA   [1]
  Family ID	F2172	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Mar 2015

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 5 Sep 1946 - Texas, USA Burial - - Restland Memorial Park, Carthage, Panola County, Texas, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S66] findagrave.com, November 2014 and later.