Freestone County, Texas - Obituary - Minnie Inez Knight

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Athens Review newspaper of Athens, TX - May 15, 2006 edition

Minnie Inez Knight

BROWNSBORO - Services for Minnie Inez Knight, 94, of Brownsboro, formerly of
Teague, were held at 10 a.m. Monday, May 15, 2006, in the Carroll-Lehr Funeral
Home Chapel with Rev. Tobey Clements officiating. Burial will follow in the
Antioch Cemetery near Teague.
Mrs. Knight passed away Friday, May 12, 2006, at Hospice of East Texas in
Tyler. She was born April 26, 1912, n Buffalo to the late Alfred Frank and
Mary Elizabeth Bain Henson. She lived in the Luna Community in Freestone
County for 60 years, where she attended public school and the Baptist Church.
She had resided in Brownsboro the past eight years.
For 20 years, Mrs. Knight was employed as a Nurse's Aid with hospitals and
nursing homes. She loved to fish and sew.
Preceding her in death were her husband, Dolye Knight, in 1985; brothers,
Varnell Henson, N.D. Henson and Marty Henson; and sisters, Estelle Johnson and
Ruby Bottoms.
Survivors include her loving companion of 12 years, Jack Russell of
Brownsboro; sons, Wilbur Ray Knight, Sr. of Donie and William Danny Knight of
Teague; daughter, Helen Knight Quick of Hurst; 10 grandchildren; 16 great-
grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; and numerous nephews, nieces,
and a number of extended family, including her loving caregivers, Dusty and
Dot Wise.
Pallbearers will be grandsons Phillip Knight, Tim Knight and Bill Schow, and
great-grandsons Kenneth Knight, Dusty Wise, and James Darden.
Honorary pallbearers are John D. Knight, Lee Russell, Roger Russell, Harold
Russell and Steve Wise.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Sunday from 2 to 3 p.m.
If desired, memorials may be made to Hospice of East Texas, 4111 University
Blvd., Tyler, TX 75701, or www.hospiceofeasttexas.org.