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Harold Eugene Knapp, Sr. - Obituary
August 2, 1920 - October 6, 2003
Knapp,
Harold
Eugene,
Sr.,
age
83,
of
Birmingham
died
October
6,
2003.
He
was
a
World
War
II
veteran
serving
in
the
European
Theatre.
He
was
a
graduate
of
Alderson
High
School,
Class
of
1939.
He
graduated
from
West
Virginia
University
in
1951
and
worked
for
Westinghouse
for
35
years
as
an
Inside
Sales
Representative
handling
heavy
industrial
equipment
sales.
He
was
a
member
of
Trinity
United
Methodist
Church
since
the
early
1950’s,
serving
on
the
Administrative
Board.
He
was
the
Boy
Scoutmaster
of
Troop
97 from 1960-1963.
Survivors
include
his
wife
almost
56
years,
Josephine
Sapp
Knapp
of
Birmingham;
son,
Harold
Eugene
Knapp,
Jr.
(Vicky)
of
Birmingham;
daughter,
Karen
Marie
Knapp
Mobley
of
Birmingham;
granddaughter,
Lauren
Elizabeth
Mobley
Ebelhar
(Jared)
of
Fort
Walton
Beach,
Florida;
granddaughter,
Caroline
Anne
Mobley
of
Birmingham;
brother,
Grayson
Knapp
(Vella)
of
Alderson,
West
Virginia;
sister,
Anna
Chesher
of
San
Antonio,
Texas;
brother,
Charles
Knapp
(Sonia)
of
Roanoke,
Virginia;
and
Mary
Dodd
of
Alderson,
Virginia.
A
memorial
service
was
held
on
Saturday,
October
11,
2003
at
11
a.m.
at
Trinity
United
Methodist
Church in Homewood with Dr. Andrew Wolfe officiating.