Obituaries:  Rufus W. Knott, Sabine, Natchitoches Parish       K-530
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Feb 24, 1983
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Rufus W. Knott

  Services for Mr. Rufus W. Knott, 75, of Marthaville, were held
at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 23, at the Beulah Methodist Church in
Marthaville. The Rev. Abe Conerly officiated. Burial was in the
church cemetery. Plans were under the direction of Blanchard-St.
Denis funeral Home in Natchitoches.

  Mr. Knott, a retired businessman, died Monday afternoon, Feb.
21, at the P and S Hospital in Shreveport. He was a native of
Marthaville. Mr. Knott was a Mason, a past president of the
Natchitoches Parish Police Jury, and was a former member of the
Board of Directors of the Natchitoches Parish Hospital, and the
Louisiana State Crime Lab in Shreveport.

  He is survived by his wife, Willie Mae Knott of Marthaville;
four daughters, DeLois McCartney of Winnfield, Clydie Mitchell of
Shreveport, Jimmye Holmes of Marthaville, and sue Elliott of
Baton Rouge; three sisters, Uvey Middleton of Lamesa, Texas,
Betty Sykes of Tullos, and Mrs. Elroy Jenning of Winnfield; two
brothers, Oscar H. Knott of Marthaville, and Roland H. Knott of
Lake Jackson, Tex.; six grandchildren.