MARY E. DICKERSON KNIGHT

MARY E. DICKERSON WAS BORN JULY 11, 1861, AT NASHVILLE, IN., AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE SEPTEMBER 28, 1924, AGED 63 YEARS, 2 MONTHS, AND 17 DAYS. IN EARLY CHILDHOOD SHE MOVED WITH HER PARENTS TO MISSOURI WHERE SHE GREW TO YOUNG WOMANHOOD.  SHE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO V.M. KNIGHT OCTOBER 21, 1880, TO THIS UNION WAS BORN TWO CHILDREN, CORA AT HOME, AND MRS. A. G. COOKE OF MINNEAPOLIS, WHO WITH THE DEVOTED HUSBAND AND FATHER ARE LEFT TO MOURN THE LOSS OF A KIND AND AFFECTIONATE MOTHER.  MRS. KNIGHT BECAME A MEMBER OF THE METHODIST CHURCH AT MODAC AT THE AGE OF 24 AND THOSE WHO KNEW HER BEST CAN TRULY SAY SHE HAS LIVED A NOBLE CHIRISTIAN LIFE.  SHE WAS ALSO A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE REBEKAH LODGE AT THIS PLACE.  SHE LEAVES THREE BROTHERS, G. W. DICKERSON, OF MOUNT AYR; E. F. OF BOISE, ID; AND W.H. OF GAULT, MO, TO MOURN THE LOSS OF AN ONLY SISTER; FOUR BROTHERS, JOHN S., ALVA CURTIS, ROLLA AND SPENCER PRECEDED HER IN DEATH.  HER FATHER AND MOTHER ALSO PASSED TO THE GREAT BEYOND IN 1921 AND 1917.  MRS. KNIGHT HAD BEEN AILING FOR SEVERAL YEARS, BUT HER RECENT ILLNESS DATED FROM LAST WEDNESDAY, THE 24TH.  ALL THE KIND AND LOVING HANDS COULD DO AVAILED THEM NOTHING.  GOD HAD CALLED TO HER TO HER REWARD, WHERE SUFFERING SHALL BE NO MORE.  ONE COMFORTING THOUGHT TO THOSE WHO LOVED HER WAS THAT HER MENTAL FACULTIES WERE NOT IMPAIRED TO THE END, AS SHE CALED FOR THOSE NEAR AND DEAR TO HER.  SHE WAS A WOMAN OF STERLING CHARACTER, MODEST, AND RETIRING, LOVING HER HOME LIFE AND WILL BE GREATLY MISSED IN THE HOME SHE SERVED SO WELL, AS WELL AS BY A LARGE CIRCLE OF FRIENDS AND NEAR RELATIVES.  FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT THE METHODIST CHURCH  ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AT 2:30 O’CLOCK CONDUCTED BY THE PASTOR, REV. C.E. BENNETT AND INTERMENT MADE IN MAPLE ROW CEMETERY.