Herbert ''Herb'' Allen Knight
August 16, 1931 ~ July 4, 2000
Resided in:
Fletcher, NC
He was a native of Calhoun, Georgia and was a resident of Buncombe County since 1963, and was the son of the late Lee Rastus Knight and Annie V. Harris Knight.
Mr. Knight was a past member of Oakley United Methodist Church where he had been church treasurer for 22 years, and at the time of his death was a member of Skyland United Methodist Church. A graduate of the University of Georgia, and was retired with 34 years of service with the US Forest Service as a Resource Analyst and was an Air Force veteran of the Korean Conflict.
He is survived by his wife, Pearl Burch Knight; one daughter, Monica Kirk of Knoxville, Tennessee; two sons, David Allen Knight and his wife, Judy of Asheville and Lamar Edward Knight and his wife, Leigh Ann of Hendersonville; four grandchildren, Ashley and Jessica Knight and Andy and Emily Kirk; and several relatives of Rome and Calhoun, Georgia.
Funeral service will be held at 11:00 A.M. Friday, in the Chapel of Groce Funeral Home at Lake Julian with the Reverend Arnie Corriher officiating. Burial will follow at Acton United Methodist Church Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 7:00 until 8:30 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to Skyland United Methodist Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 697, Skyland, NC, 28776.
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Deepest sorrow for the Herb Knight Family.
Constance Gist
Pearl,
Your sense of loss must be overwhelming at this time.
I can only say that, Laura and I share a part of that loss. We are thinking about you and your family and our prayers for you are often.
Please know that we love you.
Love Always
Gary and Laura
So sorry about your loss. You all are in our prayers.
I worked with Herb at the Forest Service from 1976 until his retirement. He was a true gentleman and scholar, and was always so pleasant and helpful to all his fellow employees. My deepest sympathies to his family. May God bless you with the sweetest of memories of you loved one and grace in the coming days.
Pearl, David, Monica, Lamar & Family, Herb was such an outstanding person. Our physical world will miss him. May you find comfort in knowing how much he was respected. You are in our thoughts.
I am sorry to hear about your loss. I live in Savannah and made many trips to Asheville to work with Herb.
I am staying in Cashiers and bought a Thursday edition of the Asheville paper. I save an article I wanted to save and tore out the page. Today I realized that I had saved the wrong page and started to throw it out. Something was telling me that I should look at it more closely. There was Herb’s obituary.
Herb was first class; I and many others will miss him.
Dave Norris
Pearl, it has been many years ago when we lived on Grandview Circle – your children were just toddlers as were ours. We are very sorry to hear the news of Herb’s death – our love and prayers go to you and your family at this sad time. Darrell & Doreen and family.
Pearl, it has been many years ago when we lived on Grandview Circle – your children were just toddlers as were ours. We are very sorry to hear the news of Herb’s death – our love and prayers go to you and your family at this sad time. Darrell & Doreen and family.