Willie Hire Knight

Willie Hire Knight, age 97 of Lafayette passed away Monday morning, November 04, 2024 at Knollwood Manor. Willie is in the care of Anderson & Son Funeral Home in Lafayette 

Funeral Services for Willie Hire Knight will be conducted Friday morning, November 8, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. from the chapel of Anderson & Son Funeral Home in Lafayette with Brother Jason Halloway officiating. Interment will follow in the Anderson & Son Memorial Park.

Visitation will begin Thursday afternoon from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. and again on Friday morning from 8 a.m. until her service at 11:00 a.m.

Family request memorials be made to Oak Dale Cemetery. You may make these memorials by calling or coming by the funeral home.

She is preceded in death by: Parents, Lonnie & Cora Cliburn Hire; the father of her children, Virgil Knight; Sisters & Brothers-in-law, Ethel (Jessie) Shaw; Anna (Norman) Hauskin; Nephew, Jeff Hauskin; Niece, Bonnie Hampton, Mary Jo Dyer. 

Survivors include: Daughters, Marcia (Howard Glenn) Dorris of the Oak Dale Community, Felecia (Michael) Oldham of Lafayette, Grandchildren, Derrick (Brooke) Dorris, Kevin (Melissa) Dorris, Nathan (Ashlee) Oldham, Neleigh (Morgan) Howard; 9 Great-Grandchildren, Kaylee Dorris, Josey Dorris, Logan Dorris, Hudson Dorris, Abby Oldham, Leah Oldham, Kelan Howard, Pierce Howard, Tage Howard, Nephews, Jerry (Brenda) Shaw, Bob (Jackie) Shaw, Niece, Carol (Ray) Smith. 

Arrangements entrusted to Anderson & Son Funeral Home, Lafayette, Directors, 615-666-4011