Mattie Mae Knight^[1]

1923 - 2012  (89 years)

• Name	Mattie Mae Knight
  Born	8 May 1923	Haywood County, North Carolina
  Gender	Female
  Died	1 Jul 2012	Silver Bluff Nursing Home   [2]
  Buried	5 Jul 2012	Garrett-Hillcrest Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Waynesville, North Carolina
  Person ID	I326340	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	20 Jul 2012

  
  

  Father	Cash Knight,   d. Bef 1 Jul 2012
  Mother	Callie Jane McGaha,   d. Bef 1 Jul 2012
  Family ID	F128125	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Thomas Robert "Tom" Killian,   b. 2 Jul 1917, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 27 Oct 1992, Candler, Buncombe County, North Carolina  (Age 75 years)
  Married	10 May 1941	Cocke County, Tennessee   [3]
  Children	1. Harriet Louise Killian,   b. 2 Feb 1942, Waynesville, Haywood County, North Carolina  (Age 82 years) + 2. Dorothy Mae Killian,   b. 8 Dec 1944, Waynesville, Haywood County, North Carolina ,   d. 29 Jul 2009, Maggie Valley, Haywood County, North Carolina  (Age 64 years)   3. Robert Killian
  Family ID	F128124	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 8 May 1923 - Haywood County, North Carolina Married - 10 May 1941 - Cocke County, Tennessee Buried - 5 Jul 2012 - Garrett-Hillcrest Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Waynesville, North Carolina  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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  [S87] Death Certificate, 27 Oct 1992. Thomas Robert Killian death record [S142] Newspaper Article, 1 Jul 2012. Maggie Valley, Mattie Knight Killian, age 89, of Campbell Creek, passed away on Sunday, July 1, 2012 at Silver Bluff Nursing Home. A native and lifelong resident of Haywood County, she was the daughter of the late Cash and Callie Jane McGaha Knight. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Robert Killian, who died in 1992; her daughter, Dorothy Edwards; one sister, Nettie McElroy; and two brothers, Smith and Lewis Knight. She worked at the Living Waters Motel for 38 years and was a member of First United Methodist Church of Maggie Valley. Mattie loved listening to gospel and bluegrass music and enjoyed cooking and being with her family. She is survived by one daughter, Harriet Jimison and her husband, Charles, of Canton; one son, Robert Killian and his wife, Darlene, of Waynesville; two sisters, Sally Ketner and Ruth Moody, both of Waynesville; a son-in-law, Verlin Edwards of Maggie Valley; eight grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at Noon on Thursday, July 5, 2012 in the Waynesville Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with Reverend Erma Bond officiating. Burial will follow at Garrett-Hillcrest Memorial Park. Serving as pallbearers will be Phillip Thomason, Scott Sutton, Howard Morgan, Bear Messer, and Tim, Victor, and Chris Carver. The family will receive friends from 10:30 until Noon on Thursday prior to the service at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's NC Association, Inc., 1305 Navaho Drive, Suite 101, Raleigh, NC 27609. [S58] Marriage Certificate. Name: Thomas R Killian Titles & Terms: Event: Marriage Event Date: 10 May 1941 Event Place: Cocke, Tennessee Age: 23 Estimated Birth Year: 1918 Father: Father's Titles & Terms: Mother: Mother's Titles & Terms: Spouse: Mattie M Knight Spouse's Titles & Terms: Spouse's Age: 18 Spouse's Estimated Birth Year: 1923 Spouse's Father: Spouse's Father's Titles & Terms: Spouse's Mother: Spouse's Mother's Titles & Terms: Reference Number: 2206 Film Number: 1928651 Digital Folder Number: 004485966 Image Number: 00248