Brenda Lee Knight, 84, Tuscumbia, passed away on Saturday, July 12, 2025. Visitation will be Thursday, July 17, from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. at Morrison Funeral Home, Tuscumbia. The funeral service will immediately follow in the funeral home chapel with Pastor Scott Livingston and Dr. Teman Knight, III officiating. Interment will be in Cherokee Memorial Park.
Brenda was a 1959 graduate of Bogalusa High School, then graduated from Sullivan Vocational Technical School. She married Teman Knight, Jr. in 1960, enjoying 64 ½ years together. Brenda worked in Research and Inventory at Crown Zellerbach Corporation, and later she was with H & R Block, doing taxes. Before her membership at Valdosta Baptist Church, Tuscumbia, she was a longtime member of First Baptist Church in Bogalusa, Louisiana, where she served as financial secretary and Pastor’s secretary to five pastors over three decades. Brenda taught GAs and Acteens in Bogalusa. She served for several years as a member of the Adult Choir, and she taught the Children’s Choir. Brenda was also a member of the Hand Bell Choir. Along with her husband, Teman, she was preceded in death by her parents, Walter Leonard and Frankie “Joyce” Lee; and brother, Joe Lee.
Brenda is survived by her children, Dr. Teman Knight III (Darlana), Denny Knight (Ron), and Shari Knight Terrell (Ben); brother, Leonard Lee; grandchildren, Jay Knight (Leigh), Alana Robinette (Jake), Frankie Terrell (Cara), and Alex Terrell; and great-grandchildren, Trynaty Larkins, Adam, Wyatt, and Eliana Knight, and Evie and Bennett Robinette.
Pallbearers will be Ben Terrell, Austin Underwood, Denny Knight, Ron Rutherford, Jake Robinette, Alex Terrell, and Frankie Terrell.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Valdosta Baptist Church, Tuscumbia, or Heritage Baptist Church, Montgomery, AL.
