Knapp, Roy Dayton

Passed: 1997-08-20

Age: 76

Source: Jackson Herald

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1997-08-27

Information: EVANS - Roy Dayton Knapp, 76, of Evans, died Aug. 20, 1997, at North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem NC, after a short illness.  He was a member of AF & AM 16,Ripley, and of Ripley VFW.  He was retired from E. I. DuPont, Belle, with 33 years' service, and from the Army Reserves as a lieutenant colonel, serving in World War II and Korea.      Surviving:  wife, Mary Frances Knapp of Evans; sons, Douglas Howard Knapp of Virginia Beach VA, Roy Dwight Knapp of Havelock NC; daughter, Brenda Joyce Gates of Alexandria IN; 11 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.  Service was 11 a.m. Monday at Vail Funeral Home, Ripley, with the Rev. Mike Norris officiating.  Burial in Pine Hill Cemetery, Ripley.