THE FLAGLER TRIBUNE
Bunnell, Florida
Thursday, April 18, 1957

 

Rev. John Henry Knight, 67, passed away Thursday morning near Matanzas Inlet on the way to his home in Georgia. Rev. Knight has lived in Flagler Beach several months with his wife and son while serving as Pastor of the First Baptist Church. They had just left Flagler Beach going to Franklin, Georgia.

Rev. Knight was a graduate of Southern Baptist Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky and had been a minister for 38 years when he retired last year. He is survived by his wife Mrs. Mattie Knight; one son John H. Knight, Jr., two daughters Mrs. Lunnella Wilson of Chattanooga, Tenn., and Mrs. Marie Courtney of Atlanta, Ga., two brothers, Albert of Ropersville and James of Franklin, Ga.

Craig Funeral Home of St. Augustine forwarded the remains to Carrollton, Ga., where funeral services were held on Sunday afternoon.

Memorial Services were held here in the First Baptist Church on Sunday afternoon at the time the funeral was being held in Georgia. Rev. Thomas J. Powers, Pastor of the Ancient City Baptist Church in St. Augustine, conducted the service.