Irwin County GaArchives Obituaries.....Knight, Elaine Harper January 2, 2014 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Shirley McMillan Durden http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00025.html#0006039 July 19, 2022, 9:38 am The Douglas Enterprise - January 12, 2014 Mrs. Elaine Harper Knight, age 65, of Ocilla , GA, passed on Friday, January 3, 2014, at her residence following a brief illness. Mrs. Knight was born on August 15, 1948, in Ocilla, GA, to the late Robert Harper and Edna Wall Harper. Survivors include her husband, Jimmy L. Knight, Sr. of Douglas, GA, daughter, Dr. Alana Kent of Ellijay, GA, son, Jimmy Lee Knight, Jr. of Ocilla, GA; two grandsons, Nicholas James Kent and Harvey Lee Kent III, step grandchildren, Amanda Burdette and Alex Burdette; sister, Bobby D. Rogers, of Douglas, GA; several nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by a daughter, Lisa Lee Knight and a sister, Thelma Lewis. Funeral service was held on Monday, January 6, 2014, at 2 p.m. at Pinetta Baptist Church with Rev. David Barton officiating. interment followed at Spring Hill Church Cemetery. Music was furnished for the service by Rev. David Barton "Old Rugged Cross," "The Light House," and "How Great Thou Art" with David Sumner playing the piano. Active pallbearers were Raymond Nipper, Johnny Knight, Junior Bradford, Lee Kent, Eugene Culpepper, Ray Nipper. Sims Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/irwin/obits/k/knight6301nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb