Obituary of Eddie Lee McKnight a native of Richland Parish Louisiana
as published in the Monroe News Star June 17,2004 with note by submitter.
Submitted by for the USGenWeb Archives by Dot Golliher, 06/17/2004



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 EDDIE LEE McKNIGHT, JR. 

Services for Mr. Eddie Lee McKnight, Jr., 70, of Monroe, will be 
Friday, June 18, 2004 at 10:00 AM, in Mulhearn Funeral Home Chapel, 
Sterlington Road, Monroe, with Rev. Scott Holder and Rev. Wesley 
Pittman officiating. Burial will be in Twin Cities Memorial Gardens.
Mr. McKnight died Wednesday, June 16, 2004, at St. Francis Medical 
Center. He was a member and Deacon of Forest Glade Baptist Church 
and a U. S. Army Veteran. He retired from Graphics Packaging in 
West Monroe.
Survivors include his wife, Gracie Stewart McKnight; son: Carl 
McKnight; parents, Eddie Lee, McKnight, Sr. and Mable Sullivan 
McKnight; brothers: Billy McKnight and Tom McKnight; sister: Francis 
Beall; and grandchildren: Whitney, Grant, and Cady.
Pallbearers will be Billy Wilhite, Carlton Smith, R.L. Johnson, Charles 
Upton, David Crockett, and J.W. Brasher.
Visitation will be from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM, Thursday at Mulhearn 
Funeral Home, Sterlington Road, Monroe.
Memorials may be made to Forest Glade Baptist Church, West Monroe, LA.  

Note-Eddie Lee McKight was a member of the 1953 graduating class of 
Holly Ridge Hight School