Edna Ruth Knight Obituary
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Edna Ruth Knight (Altamont, Tennessee), who passed away on July 8, 2023, at the age of 86, leaving to mourn family and friends. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
She was predeceased by: her mother Esther Iola Green King. She is survived by: her father Marshall Oren; her husband Horace Newton Knight, Sr.; her siblings, Elmer King and Betty Killian; her son Horace Newton Knight, Jr.; her close friend Georgia Knight; her daughters, Nadine Richardson (Larry), Deborah Williams (late Berry Hennessee), Marsha Smartt (Wendell), Polly Whitman (Rickey), Regina Stewart (late Linsey) and Wanda Whitman (Michael); her siblings, Glen King (Catherine Phillips), Paul King (Florence), Howell King (Sharon), Rose Bone (Ken Diesburg) and Esther Mae Eubanks (Andrew); her uncle Paul Green; and her sisters-in-law, Josephine Grimes, Georgia Nunley and Jean Knight. She is also survived by 15 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; 4 great-great-grandchildren.
