Mary Knox

Coats, NC:  Mrs. Mary Jane King Knox, age 72, passed away Tuesday at SECU Hospice House in Smithfield.   Funeral Service will be 2:00PM, Thursday at Rose & Graham Funeral Chapel in Coats. Burial will follow in Lakeside Memorial Gardens. Officiating will be Rev. David Hughes and Mr. Jim Eldred.   Mrs. Knox was born December 24, 1941 in Durham County to the late James Braxton & Mary Estelle Lucas King.  Mrs. Knox was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Josephine Carol Knox. She was a retired cafeteria worker at Coats Elementary School and was a homemaker.  Mrs. Knox was a member of Benson First Assembly of God Church in Benson. Surviving are: husband of 55 years Joseph M. “Joe” Knox, daughters, Emma Jo Knox Morris of Linden and Barbara Knox Daniel of Coats, grandchildren, Matthew Daniel and Cheyenne Daniel both of Coats and Tiffany Morris of Linden. Several nieces and nephews.   Family will receive friends 6:00P.M.-8:00P.M. Wednesday at Rose & Graham Funeral Home in Coats. Flowers are welcomed; however, memorials may be made to SECU Hospice House, 426 Hospital Road, Smithfield, NC 27577