George Knight Obituary

George Pinckney Knight, Sr. HARLEYVILLE, SC - George Pinckney Knight, Sr. husband of Jacqueline Kizer Knight, of 930 West Main Street, Harleyville, SC 29448 entered into eternal rest on Saturday morning September 22, 2012 at his residence. Funeral services will be held 3 P.M. Monday September 24, 2012 in the Indian Field United Methodist Church with Reverends Preston Grimsley and Robert (Bob) Clyburn officiating. Burial with Masonic Rites will follow in the Church Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Dr. Len Reeves, Charles Kizer, David Felkel, Al Shipmann, Ed Kizer, and John Pendarvis. Honorary Pallbearers will be members of Christian Fellowship Sunday School Class, Board of Directors of First National Bank of South Carolina, Indian Field Campground Trustees and officers of Egeria Masonic Lodge. Friends may call at the home and visitation will be 4 to 7 P.M. Sunday at his home. George was born August 28, 1934 in Harleyville a son of the late Edward Pinckney and Mary Pinckney Pendarvis Knight. He was predeceased by his brother Roy (Al) Knight. He was a 1952 graduate of Harleyville High School, and 1956 graduate of Clemson College with a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Education. He was a General contractor, financier, President and Chairman of Knight Construction Company. After college, he taught vocational agriculture at Cross High School. He was a forester with West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company. He was also in the timber business and was pulpwood broker, tree farmer and served as Chairman of the Board of Directors at First National Bank of South Carolina. He was an active member of Indian Field United Methodist Church where he was a former Sunday school teacher, Past Chairman of Administrative Board, Finance Committee, Pastor-Parish Relations Committee, Board of Trustees, Past President and Secretary/Treasurer of Indian Field United Methodist Men's Club and a member of Methodist Conference Board of Missions. He was a member of Trustees of Indian Field Campground, having served as Chairman and Secretary/Treasurer for many years. He was an ex member and former Chairman of Dorchester County Council, member of Dorchester County Industrial Development Board, and served as Vice Chairman of State Health and Human Services Finance Commission. He served in SC National Guard 1952-1956, was a member of Egeria Lodge # 71 of Harleyville (Past-Master- Twice), Scottish Rite 32rd Degree Mason, Omar Shrine Temple, Royal Order of Jesters-Charleston Court 113, Safety Patrol, Dorchester County and South Carolina Farm Bureau, Harleyville Ruritan Club, Holly Hill Lions Club, Charleston and Summerville Exchange Club and was a I.P.T.A.Y. Scholarship Donor. Surviving is his loving wife of 56 years, Jacqueline Kizer Knight, a son, George P. Knight, Jr.and his wife Debbie Weeks Knight; a daughter, Jacqueline Yvonne Knight, all of Harleyville; grandchildren, Adrienne Yvonne Baker, Nichole Knight Goodman and her husband Jamie Goodman, George Pinckney Knight, III and William Halzy Baker, III.; great-grandchildren, Jared Allen Goodman and Bailee Nichole Goodman; his sister-in-law, Patsy G. Knight, St. George and nieces; Mary Margaret K. (Ben) Riser and Laura K. (Billy) Shipman. Memorials may be made Indian Field United Methodist Church, 2030 Highway 15 North, St. George, SC 29477 or Indian Field Campground, in care of Ernest Westbury, P.O. Box 158, Harleyville, SC 29448. Visit our guestbook at www.legacy.com/obituaries/ charleston