JOANNA MCKNIGHT

Published 12:00 am Monday, December 1, 2008

On Nov. 27, our beloved Mother, Joanna McKnight, passed away after a long battle with Alzheimer’s at Community Hospice Care Center in Ashland, Ky. She went home to be with her son, Randy, and her husband, Arthur “Mouse” McKnight Jr. She enjoyed working in her yard and spending time with her children and grandchildren. In addition to her son and husband, she was preceded in death by her mother, Geneva Rowe, and a brother, Gene Rowe. She was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the VFW Post 8850 and was retired from the Coal Grove Monitor School and the Ashland, Ky., CVS.
She is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Vickie and Larry McDaniel of Coal Grove, and Sandy and Mike Vallance of Raceland, Ky.; two sons and daughters-in-law, Rick and Linda McKnight of Ironton and Chuck and Kim McKnight of Coal Grove. Also surviving are five grandsons, Shawn (Audra) McDaniel of Coal Grove, J.D. (Kelli) McDaniel of Ironton, A.J. and Cory McKnight of Ironton and Caleb McKnight of Coal Grove; two granddaughters, Britney and Randi Vallance of Raceland, Ky; and three great-grandchildren, Raegan, Connor and Brice McDaniel.
A celebration of her life will be held 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Tracy Brammer Funeral Home with the Rev. Steve Harvey officiating. Interment will follow in Woodland Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday.