2. | McKnight, Lyman Lee was born on 17 Dec 1926 in Clay County, Illinois (son of McKnight, Hubert E. and Lewis, Nora Elsie); died on 18 Aug 1987; was buried in Hoosier Prairie Cemetery, Louisville, Clay County, Illinois. Other Events and Attributes:
- Reference Number: MCKN.L002
- _FGRAVE: 21710418
- Military Service: World War II, Seaman Second Class, United States Navy
Notes:
Lyman Lee McKnight died at the Marion Veteran's Hospital, Marion, IL.
He was born in Clay County, IL the son of Hubert & Elsie Lewis McKnight.
He was a retired laborer for the Valley Steel Company in Flora. He was also a World War II Veteran. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion & the Flora Eagles.
Mr. McKnight is survived by three sons, Bill, Jim, and Keith; a daughter Patricia Bissey; a brother, Murvin McKnight; five sisters, Mabel Monical, Dorothy Kutz, Dantzelle Cambron, Mary Stanford, and Lou Garrett; also three grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents & a brother.
Funeral services were held at the Hosselton-Bookhout-Engelmeier Funeral Home in Flora with Rev. Arthur Warren Phillips presiding.
Burial was at Hoosier Prairie Cemetery, Louisville, IL.
(Published Olney Daily Mail)
Lyman married Turner, F.. |