December 7, 2004

Lester Knight

COMMERCE, Mo. -- Lester Louis Knight, 63, of Commerce died Sunday, Dec. 5, 2004, at Southeast Missouri Hospital. He was born Dec. 5, 1941, in Scott County, son of Lester Bryan and Thecla Clara Westrich Knight. Knight was manager of Service 4 Car Wash in Cape Girardeau 25 years, and had worked at Midwest Grain and Barge in Scott City the past four years. He was a member of Commerce Baptist Church...

COMMERCE, Mo. -- Lester Louis Knight, 63, of Commerce died Sunday, Dec. 5, 2004, at Southeast Missouri Hospital.

He was born Dec. 5, 1941, in Scott County, son of Lester Bryan and Thecla Clara Westrich Knight.

Knight was manager of Service 4 Car Wash in Cape Girardeau 25 years, and had worked at Midwest Grain and Barge in Scott City the past four years. He was a member of Commerce Baptist Church.

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Survivors include a brother, Frank Knight of Cape Girardeau; two sisters, Marian Clymer and Phyllis Schwab of Cape Girardeau.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Friends may call at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City from 4 to 8 p.m. today, and at Commerce Baptist Church Wednesday from 9 a.m. to service time.

The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the church, with the Rev. David Thompson officiating. Burial will be in Oakdale Cemetery.

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