News: Death of Clara Knott; Winn Par., Louisiana
Submitter: Shawn Martin
Source: Dallas Morning News, Dallas Texas
Date: 01 Mar 2008
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Dallas Morning News, 1/28/1973
Long’s Sister, Mrs. Clara Knott, Dies at 83
   Many, La. (UPI)—Clara Long Knott, sister of Louisiana 
Governors Huey and Earl Long, died Saturday after a lengthy 
illness.  She was 83.
   Mrs. Knott was born in 1889 in the tiny Winnfield, La., 
cabin in which brothers Earl, Huey and the late congressman 
George Long were born.
   In 1914, Clara Long married Milton Knott and moved to 
Many, where she lived the rest of her life.
   While not as active in the political rise of her brothers 
as other members of her family, Mrs. Knott dabbled in 
politics for civic causes.
   Funeral services were scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday at the 
Warren Meadows Funeral Chapel in Many with interment at the 
Ft. Jessup Cemetery.
   Mrs. Knott is survived by two sisters—Mrs. Olive Cooper 
of Natchitoches and Mrs. Lucille Hunt of Ruston—and several 
nieces and nephews, including Sen. Russel Long, D-La., and 
former Louisiana Public Service Commissioner John Hunt.