Josie Leontyne Motley Robinson Knight

Published 6:00 am Thursday, March 11, 2004

Services for Josie Leontyne Motley Robinson Knight of Brookhavenare 2 p.m., Saturday, March 13, at St. Mark Missionary BaptistChurch with burial in Carver Heights Cemetery.

Visitation is Friday from noon until 6 p.m., at WilliamsMortuary.

Mrs. Knight, 85, died March 6, 2004, at her residence. She wasborn in Wesson on April 6, 1918, to Walter Motley Sr. and GertrudeMotley.

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She was retired, and was a member of St. Mark Missionary BaptistChurch.

Preceding her in death were her parents; her first husband,Jonas Robinson; her second husband, Julius Knight; a sister, FredaMotley; and her brothers, Walter Motley Jr. and Malcom Motley.

Survivors are her sister, Mary L. Jones of Brookhaven; herniece, Cassandra “Shawn” Wells of Jackson; her nephew, Louis”Butch” Jones Jr. of Jackson; her great-nieces, Crystal J. Thomasof McCall Creek, and Marlo Wells and Chloe Jones, both of Jackson;her great-nephew, Demond Jones of Jackson; her great-great-nephew,James Thomas Jr. of McCall Creek; and other nieces, nephews,relatives and friends.