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Submitted: 10/19/21 • Approved: 10/19/21 • Last Updated: 10/22/21 • R1396887-G0-S3
Jimmy 15 Oct 1936 - 17 Oct 2021
Francine - Pre-need/living
Marriage: ca 1959
Jimmy Allen McKnight husband of Francine (Pickens) McKnight. Jimmy Allen McKnight son of Oris Roscoe McKnight and Gladys Mae (Goff) McKnight.
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Jimmy Allen McKnight
October 15, 1936 - October 17, 2021
Jimmy A. McKnight, 85, passed from this life on October 17, 2021, at St. Bernard’s Medical Center following a short illness. He was born on October 15. 1936 in Portia, AR to the late Oris Roscoe and Gladys Mae (Goff) McKnight.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Bill McKnight; and a sister, Anna Ellison.
Jim is survived by his loving wife of 62 years, Francine Pickens McKnight; a daughter, Kim (Renny) Holder of Strawberry, AR; a son, Jimmy (Becky) McKnight Jr. of Cabot, AR; three grandchildren, Grant (Courtney) Smith, Allyson Smith and fiancée Logan Reddmann, and Natalie McKnight; as well as a host of many other relatives and friends.
Jim was a 1955 graduate of Clover Bend School. He served in the United States Army for two years and ten months. He was employed by Lawrence Manufacturing in Walnut Ridge for 27 years and retired from the Arkansas Department of Transportation after 15 years of employment.
He was a faithful constituent member of the First United Methodist Church and was a member of Aurora Masonic Lodge #423 for over 61 years. A hobby Jim enjoyed was crappie fishing around the surrounding bays. He was an avid fan of the St. Louis Cardinals and the Arkansas Razorbacks.
Funeral Service will be Wednesday, October 20. 2021 at 12:00 PM at the First United Methodist Church with Rev. Beth Perdue officiating.
Pallbearers will be Alan and Kevin Brand, Kenneth Bennett, Mike Busbea, Dirk Davis and Glen Murphy.
Interment will follow in the Lawrence Memorial Park Cemetery in Walnut Ridge.
Visitation will be from 11 AM till 12 P.M.
In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the First United Methodist Church in Walnut Ridge.
Obituary provided courtesy of Bryan Funeral Home Hoxie, Lawrence County, Arkansas. Published Oct 2021 © 2021 Bryan Funeral Home
Contributed on 10/19/21 by denise.bratcher63
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