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Submitted: 11/25/17 • Approved: 11/30/17 • Last Updated: 12/3/17 • R1203530-G1203530-S3
February 9, 1905 - April 2, 2006
Wife of Irvin W Knox
*Obituary
The Morning News of Northwest Arkansas
Wednesday, April 5, 2006
Mary Viola Knox, 101, a resident of Lincoln, went to be with her Lord April 2, 2006, at the City Hospital in Fayetteville. She was born Feb. 9, 1905, in Lincoln, the daughter of Charlie and Fannie Sallee Mensch.
She was a cook at the Lincoln School cafeteria and worked at many cafes as a cook in the Lincoln area. She retired from the Redwood Cafe at age 62. She was the Last charter member of the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary in Lincoln. Viola was widowed at the age of 37, with four children to raise on her own. She did a number of jobs to earn money to care for her family. But she always had time to be a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother. On Viola's 100th birthday, the mayor of Fayetteville declared a proclamation declaring Feb. 9, 2005, Viola Knox Day.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Irwin Knox, her parents, one grandson, David Reed, one great-granddaughter, Heather Pearl, six brothers, two sisters, one son-in-law, Kenneth Reed, and two nephews.
Survivors include her children, Nanna V. Reed of Duncan, Okla., Irwin Knox and wife Peggy of Cincinnati, Fannie Fletcher and husband Lonnie of Stilwell, Okla., and Ann Smith and husband, Garland, of Lincoln; 10 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren, five nephews, seven nieces and five cousins. She is also survived by her second family, the residents and staff of Fayetteville City Hospital.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Luginbuel Funeral Home in Prairie Grove.
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, April 6 at the funeral home with Harold Leo Reed and Randall Ray officiating. Burial will follow in National Cemetery at Fayetteville.
Pallbearers will be Randy Smith, Danny Packebush, Rusty Edwards, Mike Holcroft, Norman Ingram and John Grefphenreed.
Honorary pallbearers will be Claud Wallace, Owen Dale Wallace, Jeromeri Dupuy and Kevin Fletcher.
Contributed on 11/25/17 by judyfrog
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