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John Knight Sligh

2 Jan 1891 – 16 Aug 1922

Birth	2 Jan 1891
Death	16 Aug 1922
Cemetery	Greenwood Cemetery Dallas , Dallas County , Texas , USA
Added by	Sherry on 18 Mar 2011
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67109946

Bio

The Paris Morning News Paris, Lamar County, Texas Tues. Aug. 22, 1922 Information has been received here that John K. Sligh, who was stationed at Paris over a year as recruiting officer for the Navy during the World War, died last Thursday at Long Beach, Cal., from burns received in a gasoline explosion. While he was stationed here he made many friends and was initiated into the Masonic lodge. He was a member of the lodge here at the time of his death. He has a sister in Dallas, and the remains were taken there for burial. He resigned from the Navy a year or two ago, and at the time of the accident was engaged in the garage business in California.

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Family

Parents

• Simeon "Sim" Sligh 1846–1905
• Martha Lee "Mattie" High Sligh 1859–1928

Siblings

• Allatia Westbrook Sligh Foster 1879–1966
• Sim Sligh 1885–1953
• Ladybird Sligh 1897–1898
• Pansy Sligh 1898–1963

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