Angela Copeland Knight

Published 5:50 pm Friday, July 1, 2016

Angela Copeland Knight

July 1, 2016

Funeral services for Angela Copeland Knight, 67, of Whigham, Ga., are at 10 a.m., Tuesday, July 5, 2016, at Union Springs Baptist Church, Whigham.  Rev. Johnny Burdick and Rev. Stacey Glover will officiate. Interment will be in Union Springs Baptist Church Cemetery, Whigham.  Mrs. Knight passed away at her home in Whigham, on Friday morning, July 1, 2016.

Active pallbearers will be Charles Harrell, Joe Knight, L. E. Knight, Charles Shockley, John Copeland and David Copeland.  Honorary pallbearers will be Ray Morrison, Roger Ponder, David Coley, Stacey Glover, Jet Cox, Jimmy Cox, James Knight, Billy Lee, and Bruce Maxwell.

Mrs. Knight was born on September 9, 1948, in Thomasville, Ga., to the late Obern Copeland and Willie Dean Ponder Copeland.  On August 18, 1972, she married Bobby Joe Knight, who survives.  She graduated from Thomas County Central High School and continued her education at Valdosta State University where she received an Education Specialist degree.  She taught at Warner Robins, Thomasville, Whigham, and was at Northside Elementary School in Cairo until her retirement.  She was a member of the Retired Educators Association.  Angela was an active member of Union Springs Baptist Church, where she served as the pianist.

Survivors include: her husband, Bobby Joe Knight of Whigham; daughters, Lorie Knight Barrow (Mike) of Whigham, Donna Knight of Whigham; son, Joey Knight of Whigham; granddaughter, Mallorie Elaine Barrow of Whigham; brother, Randall Copeland (Mary) of Allentown, Pennsylvania; and nephews and niece, John Copeland, David Copeland, Reagan Copeland, all of Allentown.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

Memorials may be made in Mrs. Knight’s memory to: Union Springs Baptist Church, Cemetery Fund, 355 Union Springs Road, Whigham, GA  39897.

The family will receive friends at Union Springs Baptist Church on Tuesday, July 5, 2016, from 9 a.m. until 10 a.m.

Guests may sign the online register at www.clarkfuneral.com.