Dixie Knight^[1]

1901 - 1989  (88 years)

• Name	Dixie Knight
  Born	30 Apr 1901
  Gender	Female
  Died	6 Jun 1989	Kings Mountain Hospital   [2, 3]
  Buried	Gaston Memorial Park Cemetery, Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina
  Person ID	I195178	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	6 Nov 2016

  
  

  Father	John Richard Knight,   b. 11 Mar 1849, North Carolina ,   d. 28 Sep 1928, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Betty Elizabeth Williams,   b. Jan 1873, Tennessee ,   d. Bef 28 Sep 1928  (Age ~ 55 years)
  Married	14 Jul 1893	Sevier County, Tennessee   [4]
  Family ID	F74140	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Mark Frederick Smallwood,   b. 26 Mar 1857, Tennessee ,   d. 26 Jan 1926, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 68 years)
  Married	23 Jun 1921	Sevier County, Tennessee   [5]
  Children	1. Rufus Ben Smallwood   2. Mark "Bugs" Smallwood + 3. Bonnie Smallwood,   b. 11 Sep 1922,   d. 3 Apr 2000, Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina  (Age 77 years)   4. Betty Smallwood
  Family ID	F64429	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Stinnette
  Children	1. Donald Stinnette   2. Clyde Stinnette,   d. Bef 3 Apr 2000
  Family ID	F74144	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Married - 23 Jun 1921 - Sevier County, Tennessee Died - 6 Jun 1989 - Kings Mountain Hospital Buried - - Gaston Memorial Park Cemetery, Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S75] Atchley Funeral Home Records, Volume II, 1955-1973, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 17 Apr 1971. Rebecca Knight Parton obituary [S142] Newspaper Article, The Charlotte Observer (NC), 8 Jun 1989. BESSEMER CITY - Mrs. Dixie Knight Smallwood Stinette 89, of Route 2, died June 6, 1989, at Kings Mountain Hospital. Funeral is at 11 a.m. Friday at Carothers Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in Gaston Memorial Park. Visitation is 7 to 9 tonight at the funeral home. Mrs. Stinette, a homemaker, was a native of Sevier County, Tenn., daughter of the late John Knight and Elizabeth Williams Knight. Survivors are her sons, Rufus Smallwood of Gastonia, Mark Smallwood of Lowell, Donald Stinette; daughters, Mrs. Bonnie Roberts of Gastonia, Mrs. Betty Wright; sisters, Mrs. Arizona Wall, Mrs. Algie Knight, both of Gastonia; 15 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren. The family will be at the home of Donald Stinette, Route 2, Mauney Road, Bessemer City. [S1] U. S. Social Security Death Index, 239-26-9440. Issued in North Carolina, residing Boogertown, Gaston, North Carolina [S58] Marriage Certificate. Name John Knight Event Type Marriage Event Date 14 Jul 1893 Event Place Sevier, Tennessee, United States Gender Male Spouse's Name Bettie Williams Spouse's Gender Female [S58] Marriage Certificate. Name Mark Smallwood Event Type Marriage Event Date 23 Jun 1921 Event Place Sevier, Tennessee, United States Gender Male Spouse's Name Dixie Knight Spouse's Gender Female "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-30180-5244-18?cc=1619127 : 20 July 2016), Sevier > Marriage registers, 1916-1921, vol 17-18 > image 588 of 634; citing Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties.