Adolphene Horne Knight

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Highland Funeral Home and Memory Gardens

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November 6, 2025

Adolphene Knight Obituary

Adolphene Wilma Horne Knight, affectionately known as Dot…Dottie..Little Mommie or Dottie Mabel.. was born as the first black baby to be born in a Takoma Park Maryland hospital in 1931. She was the second of six siblings to her parents Adolphus... Read Adolphene Knight's Obituary