Mr. Bobby Lee McKnight, age 79, of Rutherford, Tennessee, passed away from this life on June 5, 2014, at his home. Funeral services for Mr. McKnight will be conducted on Saturday, June 7, 2014, at 2:00 p.m. in the chapel of Karnes & Son Funeral Home of Dyer with Rick Lawson officiating. Interment will follow in Yorkville Cemetery of Yorkville, Tennessee.
Mr. McKnight was born June 13, 1934, in Yorkville, Tennessee; the son of the late Jim and Maggie Mae Williams McKnight. He retired as a truck driver for Suburban Propane Company.
He is survived by his wife, Patsy McKnight; daughter, Denise Turner and husband, William; sons, Robert McKnight and wife Allison and Mark McKnight with wife Anne; also by six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 7. Karnes & Son Funeral Home is honored to serve the family of Mr. Bobby Lee McKnight.