From the Mountain Eagle, September 15, 1977
Submitted by Willie L. Barton

Mrs. Ada Knight of Wauchula, Fla., 78, died Wednesday in that city. Funeral will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at Williams Chapel in Winston County, her body to lie in state from 1-2 p.m. Interment in the adjoining cemetery. Collins Funeral Home in charge.

She is survived by her husband, Perry W. Knight; one daughter, Bernice R. Carmichael of Houston, Tex; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Dewey Carroll and Mrs. J.R. Patton both of Wauchula; one stepson, Marlin E. Knight of Wauchula; two brothers, Lacy and Vernon McCullar of Double Springs; one sister, Myrtle Sides of Double Springs.