Bertha G. McKnight - Submitted for the USGenWeb by Richard P. Sevier 5/7/2012

USGenWeb NOTICE: All documents placed in the USGenWeb remain the property of the contributors, 
who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations.

In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents 
may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities, 
when written permission is obtained from the contributor, so long as all notices and submitter 
information are included.

These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit.

Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors 
PRIOR to uploading to the other sites.

************************************************************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
************************************************************************************************

Bertha G. McKnight - Madison Parish, Louisiana

From Tallulah Madison Journal, February 22, 1989

Funeral services for Mrs. Bertha G. McKnight, 71, were Friday at the Tallulah First Baptist Church 
with Rev. John Rushing and Rev. J. W. Bignar officiating. Burial was in the Silver Cross Cemetery 
under direction of Crothers Funeral Home.

Mrs. McKnight died Wednesday, Feb. 15 at her home after an apparent heart attack.

She was a native of Delhi, a resident of Madison Parish for the past 46 years, a homemaker and a member 
of the Tallulah First Baptist Church.

Survivors include two sons, Wayne McKnight of Tallulah and Pete McKnight of Bastrop; two daughters, 
Julia Bankston of Shreveport and Linda Darline Cherene of Tallulah; one brother, Richard Garley Jr. 
of Delhi; three sisters, Ruth Russell of Delhi, Dorothy Bradley of Jackson, Miss. and Lillian Norris 
of Stone Mountain, Ga.; her step-mother, Myrtle Mickell of Delhi; 7 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild.

Nephews served as pallbearers.