Mother Elizabeth Alderman Knox was born in Appling County, Baxley Georgia on July 27, 1919 to the late Ellis Alderman Sr. and the late Martha Croon Alderman. She passed into eternal rest August 30, 2022 at home.
Mother Knox was educated in the local schools in Georgia. She worked for Norfolk Southern Railroad where she retired after many years. She was an active member of Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church, a member of the senior choir, and also was the mother of the church for decades.
She was preceded in death by her husband Johnnie Lee Knox Sr.; four daughters: Barbara King, Laretta Holmes, Margie Kelley, Geneva Knox; three sons: Cecil Knox, Elijah Knox Sr., Johnnie Lee Knox Jr.; Siblings: James Alderman Sr., Arthur Alderman, David Alderman, Daisy Alderman, Roosevelt Alderman, Beulah Alderman Smith, Queen Esther Alderman Hansley, Ellis Alderman Jr., Lelia Alderman Brown, Isabelle Alderman Biggs, Thomas Sylvester Alderman, Clara Alderman Carter.
She leaves to cherish her precious memories: a son Archie Harold Knox and a host of grandchildren, great grandchildren, great-great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
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