Lake City, Ga.

Elizabeth Hightower Knight passed away July 20, 2010 in her home.

Elizabeth was born on June 19, 1919 in Wadesboro, a daughter of the late Elizabeth Ratliff and Forace Monroe Hightower. She was an honor student at Wadesboro High School, where she graduated in 1936 and a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Wadesboro.

Elizabeth attended Meredith College in Raleigh, for two years, transferred to the Woman’s College, University of N.C., Greensboro, where she graduated in 1940. Following graduation, she taught school for two years in Thomasville, before moving on to be a stenographer for the F.B.I. in Charlotte for four years.

In 1946, Elizabeth married the late Col. Carl P. Knight and they had one son, Carl P. Knight Jr.

Elizabeth is survived by her son, Carl, his wife, Nancy Jones Knight, and their two daughters Lindley Hightower Knight and Carolyn Elizabeth Knight.

She was preceded in death by her brothers, Forace, Foyle, Felda, Avery and Bill, and her sisters, Ruth H. Griffith and Dorothy H. Carlson.

Memorial services will be held on Monday, July 26, at 11 a.m. in Leavitt Funeral Home, 2036 Morven Road, Wadesboro. A reception will follow at the First Presbyterian Church.

Memorials may be made to the First Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 351, Wadesboro, NC 28170. Online condolences may be made at www.leavittfuneralhomewadesboro.com.