Dixie Fortune Knupp
December 26, 1914 ~ January 11, 2014
Resided in:
Asheville, NC
Asheville Butterfly Trail
Dixie Fortune Knupp, 99, of Asheville, died on Saturday, January 11, 2014, at Emerald Ridge Rehab and Care Center.
A native of McDowell Co., Mrs. Knupp was a daughter of the late Claude and Ida Murphy Fortune. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Forrest W. Knupp.
She is survived by her son, Morris Knupp.
A graveside service for Mrs. Knupp will be at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday at Green Hills Cemetery. Her family will receive friends at Groce Funeral Home on Patton Ave. beginning at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday prior to the service.
Morris and Ann, We are so sorry for your lost. Thanks for the text message. Our Love and Prayers are with you both during this time.
Morris and Ann, I was so sad about ‘Miss Dixie’s’ passing. She was a dear lady who served her Lord faithfully. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. May God wrap you in His blanket of comfort and love.
Gwen and Marcus Sinclair
Sympathy and prayers are with the family.
I have very sweet memories of miss Dixie at Victory baptist sharing a pew with her . She was a wonderful dear christian lady.
Joann Cole
I am so sorry for your loss. Please remember the God of all comfort and look to him for all answers to your questions. (John 5:28&29) And please know that He is sad about Mrs. Dixie’s loss as well. (Revelation 21:3&4) jw.org…
Morris , My family’s prayers are with your family–Your Mom was a great teacher at Emma Methodist and I have great memories of those Sunday School classes………………Jim Woody
Two great friends joined each other within a week. What a homecoming for the two of them. They will be missed but I plan to join them one of these days
Morris,
So sorry to hear about your mother. I worked with Dixie years ago at Square D. She was always so nice to me and I enjoyed that time so very much. She was truly a special lady.
Mon., Jan. 13, 2014. Dear Morris, I am very sorry to learn of your mother’s passing on Saturday 1/11/14. I knew Dixie Knupp when I was very young. I don’t remember much about her, except that little children have radar for people’s spirit and I sensed only a good and positive spirit from her. She must have worked at Square D when my mother worked there. You have been blessed to have her with you for so long. She has joined my mother and father (she was only a year or two older than my Dad). My sincerest condolences to you and your family, and to all her family and friends.
We are so sorry to hear of your Mother’s passing. Our thoughts and prayers are with you today and in the days to come.
Morris and family, We offer our deepest condolences during the loss of your Mother. I remember your Mother during our elementary years. Cherish her memories and she will live in your hearts forever.
Prayers for you and family.
Phil and Joyce Elkins Evans
I am sorry to read of the passing of your Mother. I worked with her at Square D, she was always friendly. May God comfort you in this loss.
I am so sorry to hear of the passing of your mother. She was always so very kind to all of the kids at Emma and at Erwin. I ask that God bless you in this time of loss.
Dear Knupp family, The passing of little Dixie has saddened me greatly! Dixie has been a wonderful friend of my family for a great number of years! I also went to church with her! She was always very sweet an kind to everyone! She will be sorely missed! May God give you all the comfort and peace you need during this most difficult time! Please know you’re in my thoughts and prayers!
Morris – Thinking of you and your family during the passing of your Mom. I saw her at Emerald Ridge the last time our church visited there. My thoughts and prayers are with you today and in the coming days.
Morris- Sorry for your loss of your Mother. She was always so sweet and kind to everyone. My thoughts and prayers are with you today and in the days to come.
Morris, I am so sorry for the loss of your Mother. My mother (Ruby) and Dixie would ride to work at Square D. As a young girl I would visit Dixie weekly I would love to hear Dixie play the organ and sign. Dixie was a very sweet and caring person. She will be truly missed. My thoughts and prayers are with you today and each day to come.
Morris,
So sorry to hear of your mother’s passing. Will be thinking of and praying for you and you family.
condolence message
Dear Morris and family,
Janice and I are grieved to hear that your Mom is no longer with us and so saddened by how she spent her last months here on earth. But we are happy to know she is now at sweet rest in the presence of the Lord. You know you shared her with lots and lots of people, who are now also feeling the loss.
Dixie was part of my life for as long as I can remember–beginning when my sister Teresa and I joined her ‘kiddie choir’ at Emma United Methodist. She introduced us to so many choruses that still sometimes break out from somewhere deep down. Words like, ‘In my heart there rings a melody, there rings a melody of heaven’s harmony… In my heart there rings a melody, there rings a melody of love.’ How she loved music. And she passed on that love of music to many. She introduced our children’s choir to the melody bells, and we loved it when she split them up among us and each of us could play our one tone at just the right time to make a song together. We also loved the trips to K-mart or Putt-Putt golf or the Westgate rides after choir practice. She was one of the few women I knew who drove a car way back then, and I can still remember that Ford Fairlane with Dixie at the wheel, picking us up on Emma Road to take us to church, enjoying our corny jokes and whatever stories we would tell her. She would exclaim, ‘My country!’ And ‘My lands!’ And we would just love her all the more.
When my family moved closer to the church on Adams Hill, she made sure that I got a key to the church so I could go in and practice the piano. She sparked my musical interest in the piano that I still enjoy today. I remember music sessions in your home around the piano and the organ and the melody bells and the harmonica, and enjoying popcorn with Knuppy afterwards, or hot chocolate. She made the best fried apple pies I’d ever tasted. I’ve tried to replicate those over the years, but never could match hers.
Dixie made sure that I met Dave and Jackie Scorza of Wycliffe Bible Translators at a crucial time when I was figuring out what to do with my life. That conversation led me to apply to the Summer Institute of Linguistics directly after UNC, and led to the 35 years I have now spent in a career in Bible translation.
When I met Janice, I wanted her to meet Dixie–to get Dixie’s approval and blessing, and also just as a way to bless Janice with this wonderful, spiritual, delightful woman. She blessed us both, prayerfully and financially through her contributions for our monthly support for many years. We got to pay her a brief visit last summer before we returned to the Philippines.
Thank you, Morris, for sharing your mother with me. I hope you get this message, and I hope many people read it to know that I loved her, I miss her, and I look forward to seeing her again.
You had one precious mama.
The God of all comfort be with you.
GOD BLESS MRS KNUPP, SHE WAS A VERY KIND AND FINE LADY. THE LAST TIME I SAW HER SHE WAS ABOUT 85 AND MOWING HER OWN GRASS WITH AN OLD PUSH MOWER.. IT WAS ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO VISIT HER STORE AND BUY CANDY . MORRIS I FEEL FOR YOU AS GARY AND I LOST OUR MOTHER ALMOST TEN YEARS AGO.
Dave & Jackie Scorza. So sorry to hear about your mother, Morris & Family. We kept in contact with her through newsletters while over in Papua New Guinea. When we came to Asheville, we would make it a special point to visit with her several times, while visiting churches and families that we knew while growing up at Ben Lippen High. We loved to hear her play the organ, sing along with her playing and inviting us to join in as well. She was so excited that she was going to be 100, and we teased with her about that. Then we got the message through Ken Anders about the assault and being knocked to the ground. We prayed she would recover and be okay, but that was not to be. I loved her as a second ‘mother’ and told her so each time we visited over the years. She loved so many people and prayed for however many people she knew were in ministry. She was a real prayer warrior! We will miss her sweet smile, her loud exclamations when excited and her sincere heart that reached out to many people in the community. She will be greatly missed by all of us who knew her. Our love and prayers to you all,
Dave and Jackie Scorza, Chandler, AZ