LAST LETTER FROM PHYLLIS WILKINSON

Christmas Letter from Phyllis Wilkinson (click on letter to enlarge)
"Another year almost gone, how fast the days go by. So far, we've had a total of 8 inches of snow and some very cold days and nights. Unusual to have this much in December but its pretty and (makes) the decorations more beautiful.
This has been an exciting year, grandson Will graduated from the University of Minnesota's Vet School, so he is in a clinic in White Bear Lake, Minnesota. Alos heard Rebeccas became parents of a beautiful baby girl, Leah Marie, August 18, 2005. We plan to be there for Christmas, Bill (Norton) and Georgann will meet me somewhere?? I shall miss hearing from Jonathan (Fletcher), won't you?"

Frances Eleanor Moss was the oldest child of Susan (Powers) (fl-9) and James E. Moss (fl-8). She was born in Earlville, Illinois in 1868. One record indicates that Frances’ middle name might be Libby, but this may have been a nickname. She was called “Frankie” by her friends and and family. As a girl she was known for the beautiful “twinkle in her eyes that lit up her face.” (1)
In 1895 Frances married James Gardner Knight in Scranton, Iowa. He was the son of Delilah (Macy) and Benjamin Knight.
Frances and James Knight had three children. They were:

1) MARIAN LAURA KNIGHT (fl-47)
born: 2 June, 1896 in Warsaw, ______________ Co. Missouri
married: __________ to Bernard E. FRIEND (fl-54)
died: ________ September, 1989 in ___________, _______
buried: ___________, in __________ Cemetery, in _________

2) HOMER MOSS KNIGHT (fl-53)
born: 16 November, 1897 in Warsaw, ________ Co. Missouri
married: 15 November, 1928 to Dora HILL (fl-58)
died: 24 November 1951 in DeRuyter, New York
buried: ________, in __________ Cemetery, in ___________

3) LOIS ELEANOR KNIGHT (fl-76)
born: 24 September, 1904 in ________, ______ Co. ________:
married: ____________ to Harry R. HEYWOOD (fl-77)
died: ___________ January, 1957 in_________, __________
buried: ___________, in __________ Cemetery, in _________


Phyllis Norton Wilkerson was the grand daughter of Francis Moss and James Knight. She died in 2008 from an automobile accident.