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5:54 am Sunday, July 27, 2008

Lucille S. Knight

By Staff
July 24, 2008
Lucille Shillie Knight of Haleyville passed away July 24, 2008 at Lakeland Community Hospital.
She was born in Franklin County and was a retired beautician and a member of Ninth Avenue Church of Christ and Thornhill Church of Christ.
Services will be held Sunday, July 27 at Pinkard Funeral Home in Haleyville. Visitation is from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. and the funeral is at 2 p.m. in the chapel. The burial will follow at Winston Memorial Cemetery with Bro. Arvy Dupuy officiating.
She is survived by her daughter, Betty Clarkson of Haleyville; brother, James Garrett of Russellville; sister Beulah Wilson of Russellville; and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Otis and Lizzie Garrett; husbands, Joe Holliday and Barthel Knight; son Herman Boyd Knight; brothers, Travis, Royce, John and William Garrett; and sisters, Wilma Isbell, Claudia Blackburn and Gertrude Garrett.
Pinkard Funeral Home in Haleyville assisted the family.

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