Barbara "Bobbye" Knight

Barbara "Bobbye" Knight obituary, Columbia, LA

Barbara "Bobbye" Knight

Barbara Knight Obituary

Visit the Riser Funeral Home - Columbia website to view the full obituary.

BARBARA “BOBBIE” JEANETTE DUMAS-KNIGHT

was born on December 12,1941 and passed from this place on August 14, 2025.

She was preceded in death by her husband Robert Eugene Knight and her eldest son Mark William Knight, her younger brother Gerald Dumas and her sister Donna Lyn Dumas-Mills as well as her parents William Travis Dumas and Myrtie Moore-Dumas.

Bobbie leaves behind her two sons Brian Knight-Wise (Rodney) and Spencer Wade Knight (Amy) and her four grandchildren Spencer Matthew Knight (Amber), Coltin Wade Knight, Justin Keith Knight, Joseph Addison Knight (Shane). She also leaves behind her great grandchildren Rayleigh Knight, Kyson Knight, Samajae Godfrey, and Aiden Knight.

Graveside Services will be on Tuesday, August 19, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. at Welcome Home Cemetery with visitation from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. at Welcome Home Cemetery.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Riser Funeral Home - Columbia

7131 Hwy 165 PO Box 57, Columbia, LA 71418

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