Services for Talmadge E. Knight of Laurel are 4 p.m. Friday,Jan. 7 at Hebron Baptist Church with burial in Union LyonsCemetery. Community Funeral Services is in charge ofarrangements.

Visitation is Friday from 2-4 p.m. at the church.

Mr. Knight, 74, died Jan. 4, 2005, at his residence. He was bornin Soso on Sept. 25, 1930, to Alomzo Knight and Cora WadeKnight.

He had worked as a security guard and was retired. He was aveteran of the Army with service in the Korean War.

Preceding him in death were his parents; one sister; and onebrother.

Survivors are his wife, Gloria Holifield Knight of Laurel; hisstepdaughters, Patrica Strickland of Laurel, Myra Skinner ofPuxico, Mo., Sonya Dunn of St. Francisville, La., and Joan Barkerof Santa Rosa, Calif.; his stepsons, Keith Ainsworth and TommyLawrence, both of Laurel; 16 stepgrandchildren; and twostepgreat-grandchildren.