Freestone County, Texas Obituaries Corsicana Daily Sun newspaper - Friday, June 09, 2006 edition Amelia "Louise" McGilvary Knott - 6/9/06 Amelia "Louise" McGilvary Knott, 84, of Streetman passed away Thursday, June 8, 2006, at Wortham Rehab Center. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Griffin-Roughton Funeral Home. Services will be 4 p.m. Sunday at Griffin-Roughton Chapel with Pastor Jonathan Swanson of First Presbyterian Church in Gatesville officiating. Interment will follow at Birdston Cemetery in Streetman. Pallbearers will be Earnest Cole, Bruce Necessary, Randy Smith and Don Hartis, all of Gatesville, Rick Reat of Lexington, and Hoppy McGilvary of Fairfield. Honorary pallbearers will be Lewis Lengefeld and Carroll Duke, both of Gatesville, and Milton Harris of Grandview. Mrs. Knott was born May 28, 1922, in Midway in Navarro County to John and Lura Kent McGilvary. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Gatesville. She grew up in Streetman where she graduated May 30, 1940. She would catch a train in Streetman to San Antonio where she went to Trinity University College, where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree and on May 22, 1944, she was certified in elementary education. She married Homer Knott on Aug. 19, 1948, in Streetman, and was married for 43 years. She had lived in Streetman, Corpus Christi, Louisiana, Odessa, Lexington, Arizona and most of her life in Gatesville. She was an elementary teacher in Corsicana, Corpus Christi and Odessa. She worked with the Texas Department of Corrections prison system where she worked at Giddings State School for Boys and Gatesville State School for Boys. She was a member of Coryell County Retired Teachers Association and Trinity University Alumni Association. She will be remembered as a loving mother to all her family. She always thought of God first, others second and herself last. She was a friend to many. She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, and sister-in-law Ina Knott Carroll. Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, John and Patsy Knott of Streetman; grandsons, Bryan Knott and wife Kathryn of Copperas Cove and Alvin Knott of Streetman; brother and sister-in-law, Kent and Maurine McGilvary of Streetman; nephews, Hoppy McGilvary and wife Pat of Fairfield and Michael Carr of Streetman; and great-nieces, Kaci McGilvary of Fairfield and Karyn Best and husband Casey of New Braunfels. Arrangements by Griffin-Roughton Funeral Home. ========================================================================== The Fairfield Recorder newspaper Thursday June 15, 2006 edition Amelia "Louise" McGilvary Knotts Funeral services were held for Amelia "Louise" McGilvary Knotts on Monday at 4:00 at the Griffin-Roughton Funeral Home Chapel. Pastor Johnathan Swanson, First Presbyterian Church, Gatesville officiated and interment followed at Birdston Cemetery in Streetman. Mrs. Knotts died on June 8th in the Wortham Rehab Center at the age of 84. She grew up in Streetman and graduated in May of 1940. Mrs. Knotts later attended Trinity University College where she received a Bachelor of Arts Degree and was certified in Elementary Education. She married Homer Knotts on August 19, 1948 and was married for 43 years. She was an elementary teacher, worked for the Texas Department Correction Prison System, and a member of the Coryell County Retired Teachers Association and the Trinity University Alumni Association. Mrs. Knotts was preceded in death by her husband, parents, and sister in law Ina Knotts Carroll. Surviving Mrs. Knotts are her son and daughter in law; John and Patsy Knotts of Streetman, grandsons; Bryan Knotts and wife Kathryn of Copperas Cove, Alvin Knotts of Streetman, and brother and sister in law; Kent and Maurine McGilvary of Streetman. She is also survived by nephews Hoppy McGilvary and wife Pat of Fairfield; and Michael Carr of Streetman, great nieces Kaci McGilvary of Fairfield, and Karyn Best & husband Casey of New Braunfels. Arrangements were by Griffin-Roughton Funeral Home in Corsicana. ==================================================================== The Gatesville Messenger Amelia "Louise" McGilvary Knotts Amelia “Louise” McGilvary Knotts, 84, of Streetman, Texas, died Thursday, June 8, 2006, at a Wortham rehab center. Funeral services were held Sunday, June 11, 2006, at 11 a.m. in the Griffin- Roughton Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Jonathan Swanson, of the First Presbyterian Church, Gatesville, officiating. Burial was in Birdston Cemetery in Streetman. Mrs. Knotts was born May 28, 1922, to the late John and Lura Kent McGilvary in Midway in Navarro County. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Gatesville. She grew up in Streetman where she graduated on May 30, 1940. She would catch a train in Streetman to San Antonio where she went to Trinity University College where she received her Bachelor of Arts Degree. On May 22, 1944, she was certified in Elementary Education. She married Homer Knotts on August 19, 1948, in Streetman, and had been married for 43 years. She had lived in Streetman, Corpus Christi, Louisiana, Odessa, Lexington, Arizona and most of her life in Gatesville. She had been an elementary teacher in Corsicana, Corpus Christi and Odessa. She worked with the Texas Department of Correction Prison System, where she worked at the Giddings State School for Boys and Gatesville State School for Boys. She was a member of the Coryell County Retired Teachers Association and Trinity University Alumni Association. She will be remembered as a loving mother to all her family. She always thought of God first, others second and herself last. She was a friend to many. She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, and sister-in-law, Ina Knotts Carroll. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, John and Patsy Knotts of Streetman; grandsons, Bryan Knotts and wife Kathryn of Copperas Cove, Alvin Knotts of Streetman; brother and sister-in-law, Kent and Maurine McGilvary of Streetman; nephews, Hoppy McGilvary and wife Pat of Fairfield, Michael Carr of Streetman; and great-nieces, Kaci McGilvary of Fairfield and Karyn Best and husband Casey of New Braunfels. Pallbearers were Earnest Cole of Gatesville, Bruce Necessary of Gatesville, Randy Smith of Gatesville, Don Hartis of Gatesville, Rick Reat of Lexington and Hoppy McGilvary of Fairfield. Honorary pallbearers were Lewis Lengefeld of Gatesville, Carroll Duke of Gatesville and Milton Harris of Grandview.