Ralph Knight Obituary
Ralph C. Knight, age 88 of Lafayette, TN passed away Friday morning, January 3, 2025 at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, TN. Ralph is in the care of Anderson & Son Funeral Home in Lafayette.
Funeral Services for Ralph C. Knight will be conducted Sunday afternoon, January 5, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. from the chapel of Anderson & Son Funeral Home in Lafayette with Elder Dean Dyer officiating. Interment will follow in the Anderson & Son Memorial Park.
Masonic Rites will be conducted Saturday, January 4, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. by the Lafayette Masonic Lodge #543.
Visitation will begin Saturday, January 4, 2025, from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. and again on Sunday morning from 8 a.m. until his service at 2:00 p.m.
Family request memorials be made to Lafayette Masonic Lodge #543 or Haysville Cemetery. You may make these memorials by calling or coming by the funeral home.
He is preceded in death by: parents, Ervin & Iva Jones Knight, sisters; Louise Hire & Dorothy Law, brother, Aaron Knight, brother-in-law, Randall Barton, sister-in-law, Becky Goad, nephew, Nicky Goad.
Survivors include: Wife, Rachel Barton Knight, Sisters; Sammie Moore, JoNell Fisher, Clara Knight, Carolyn (Ronnie) Morgan, Brother-in-law, Jimmy Goad, Niece, Beth (Chris) Copas, Nephew, Randy (Hayley) Goad, Great-nephews, Raylan Goad & Blake Butcher, and several other nieces and nephews.
Arrangements entrusted to Anderson & Son Funeral Home, Lafayette, Directors, 615-666-4011
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