Roanoke Times
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DATE: FRIDAY, July 16, 1993 TAG: 9307160288
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B2 EDITION: METRO
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OBIT-KNIGHTON, BEVERLY WILKINSON
KNIGHTON, Beverly Wilkinson, 78, of Salem, died Tuesday, July 13, 1993, at
her home after a brief illness. She was born in Lynchburg, and was a graduate
of Longwood College. She is survived by her husband, Alton L. Knighton; two
sons and a daughter-in-law, Alton L. Knighton Jr. and Susan K. Knighton of
Roanoke, Charles T. Knighton of Richmond; two grandsons, Alton L. Knighton
III, Jefferson C. Knighton, both of Roanoke; a sister, Elizabeth W. Koontz of
Salem; a brother, Charles B. Wilkinson of Salem; several nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends at the Funeral Home on Wednesday night from 7
to 9. A memorial service will be held at the First United Methodist Church in
Salem on Thursday, July 15, at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Thomas L. Joyce and the
Dr. Robert T. Copenhaver officiating. A private burial at Sherwood will
preceed the memorial service. Those wishing to make memorial gifts may make
them to the Good Samaritan Hospice, 3241 Electric Road, SW Roanoke, VA 24016.
John M. Oakey & Son in Salem is in charge of arrangements.
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