Obituary of Grover N. Knight
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Mr. Grover N. "Buddy" Knight, age 62, of Blue Springs died Saturday morning, February 9, 2008 in Flowers Hospital follow an extended illness. Funeral services will be 11:00 A. M. Monday, February 11, 2008, from Spring Hill Baptist Church in Blue Springs with Reverend Bill Hassell and Reverend W. M. Todd officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery, Holman Funeral Home of Ozark directing. His body will be placed in the Church one hour prior to service time on Monday. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5:00 P. M. until 7:00 P. M. Sunday, February 10, 2008. Mr. Knight was born June 15, 1945 in Troy to Anna Laura Hudson Knight, and the late Aaron Samuel Knight. He was raised in Blue Springs and attended Enterprise Junior College where he received a degree in Criminology. Mr. Knight was a former Alabama State Trooper and received the Distinguished Service Award and the Meritorious Service Award both for heroism. These are the two highest awards granted by the Department of Public Safety. He later owned and operated Knight's Welding in Blue Springs. He was an avid gun and knife collector and a wonderful "Poppie" to his adoring grandchildren. In addition to his father, Mr. Knight was preceded in death by his daughter, Kara Knight Evans. Survivors include his wife of 43 years, Kay Easterling Knight of Blue Springs; one daughter and son-in-law, Laralee and Barry Pennington of Childersburg, Alabama; his son-in-law, Mike Evans of Ariton; two sons and daughters-in-law, Aaron Allen and Amanda Knight of Blue Springs, and James Daniel and Michell Knight of Dothan; his mother, Anna Laura Hudson Knight Bowdoin of Blue Springs; his mother-in-law, Katheryn Pullen Easterling of Northport, Alabama; one sister, Anita Knight Helms of Blue Springs; one sister-in-law, Jane Easterling Weaver and her husband, Marshall of Cottondale, Alabama; seven grandchildren, Drew Knight, Amanda Evans, Tommy Knight, Kimberly Evans, Lane Pennington, Theresa Phillips, and Austin Foxworth; and Buster, his black poodle, who was his constant companion. Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made in his memory to Spring Hill Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, C/O Mrs. Mavis Carroll, 278 Mavis Carroll Road, Clopton, Alabama 36317.
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