Emily Elizabeth Knight

Emily Elizabeth Knight March 21, 1925 December 26, 2008 Emily Elizabeth Knight, 83 of Live Oak, Florida passed away Friday, December 26, 2008, at Naples Community Hospital in Naples, Florida following a brief illness. She was born March 21, 1925 in Miami, Florida, moved to Live Oak in 1949 from Lake City, Florida. She and her late husband George Knight owned and operated Fashion Fabric’s and Knight’s Pump Supply. Elizabeth volunteered at Stephen Foster Memorial in White Springs, Florida as a quilt maker. She enjoyed quilting, sewing, cooking and was a loving homemaker. Survivors include one son, Daniel (Joan) Knight, Loganville, GA; three daughters, Deborah K. (James) Hunt, Tallahassee, FL, Georgelle (Michael) Huggins, Lake City, FL, Donice (Wes) Dawson, Naples, Florida; one brother, Sam Kirkland; Alapaha, GA; four sisters, Esther Moore, Starke, FL, Martha Sarina, Irvine, CA, Rachel Townsend, Lake City, FL, Rita Dykes, Naples, Florida; eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held, 11:00 am, Wednesday, December 31, 2008 in the Westwood Baptist Church with Rev. Charles Barineau officiating. Interment followed in the Live Oak Cemetery.