Obituary of Ralph Vance Knight
Funeral services for Ralph Vance Knight, age 85, of Wadley will be held on Thursday, November 2, 2017, at 11:00 AM from Corinth Christian Church with Rev. Johnny Bishop, Rev. Bobby Burroughs, Rev. Yancey Sanders, Rev. Ricky Cummings, and Rev. Phil Gore officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery with Quattlebaum Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 4:00-8:00 PM on Wednesday, November 1, 2017. Mr. Knight will lie in state at the church for one hour prior to services beginning.
Mr. Knight passed away Tuesday, October 31, 2017, at Traylor’s Nursing Center.
Survivors include his wife, Joyce L. Knight of Wadley; one daughter, Deborah Ann Knight Pate (husband, W. C.) of Roanoke; three sons, Dale William Knight (wife, Carol) of Wadley, Matthew Charles Knight (wife, Dianne) of Roanoke; and Mark Vance Knight (wife, Tanya) of Alex City, AL; nine grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; two sisters, Grace Evans of Roanoke and Alma Treadwell of Melbourne, FL; and one brother, Jerry Cecil Knight of Roanoke.
Pallbearers will be Mr. Knight’s grandsons and grandsons-in-law. Honorary pallbearers will be Mr. Knight’s granddaughters and great-granddaughters, the Corinth Fire Department, Randolph County Rescue Squad, and The Gideons International.
A Wadley native, Mr. Knight was born on October 12, 1932, the son of Charles Garland “C. G.” and Mayroe Yates Knight. He was a member of Corinth Christian Church where he served as a Deacon and was the former clerk and superintendent. Mr. Knight was a United States Air Force veteran of the Korean Conflict and was a retired rural mail carrier for the United States Postal Service. He was a charter member of the Randolph County Rescue Squad, a member of the Corinth Fire Department and The Gideons, and was on the Board of Directors for the Randolph County Farmer’s Co-op. Mr. Knight was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, Lewis Vernon Knight and Charles Knight.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Randolph County Rescue Squad c/o Matthew Knight, 349 Cauthen Circle, Roanoke, AL 36274; the Wounded Warriors Project at P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, Kansas 66675-8517; or to The Gideons International (Randolph Co. Gideons, PO Box 2, Wedowee, AL 36278).