Kathleen Smith Knight - 1918-2008
Kathleen Smith Knight, 89, of Ashland, died Friday, May 23, 2008, in King's Daughters Medical Center in Ashland.
Mrs. Knight was born Nov. 18, 1918, in Carter County, a daughter of the late Charles N. and Mabel Johnston Safreed. She was the widow of Doran R. Smith, who died in 1974, and Floyd F. Knight.
Mrs. Knight was the owner and manager of Doran's and was a sales clerk at the C.H. Parsons Co. She was a member of Normal Presbyterian Church, Eastern Star Grayson Chapter and the Altrusa Club. She also volunteered for the Red Cross and Community Kitchen.
She was also preceded in death by a sister, Mary Ellen Crance.
Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, Charles Smith and Linda H. . Diddams of Flatwoods; three grandchildren, Robert (Cindy) Smith, John (Cara) Smith and Amanda (Adam) Browne; three grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and a sister, Minnie (Ova) Kimbleton of Ashland.
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 27, 2008, at Lazear Funeral Home by the Rev. Susan Alley. Burial will be in Rose Hill Burial Park in Ashland.