Linda Jean McKnight

Published 9:13 pm Saturday, November 2, 2013

By Staff Reports

August 9, 1960 – Oct. 18, 2013

NATCHEZ— Funeral services for Linda Jean McKnight, 53, of Seattle, Wa., formerly of Natchez, who died Friday, Oct. 18, 2013, will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Bateaste Memorial Funeral Home Chapel.

Burial will follow at Sun Set Memorial Park in Natchez, under the direction of Bateaste Memorial Funeral Home.

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Visitation will be from noon until service time Sunday.

Ms. McKnight was born August 9, 1960, daughter of Jessie McKnight and Rosa Lee Grinnell.

She was preceded in death by her parents; grandparents; Fellie and Louise Grinnell; and a sister, Diane Noble.

Survivors include her husband, Herbert James Bragg; two sons, Joshua McKnight and Christopher McKnight; 10 sisters, Patricia Ikard and husband, Ewin, Benita Watson, Sherry Grinnell, Sharon Grinnell, Felicia McKnight, Wanda Wiley, Exelena McKnight, Ethel Carter, Velma Johnson and Donna Herbert; five brothers, Jessie McKnight Sr., Charles McKnight, Todd Grinnell, Steve Grinnell and Jeffery Grinnell; four grandkids, Mya McKnight, Aaliah McKnight, Maria McKnight and Isaiah McKnight; four aunts, Addie Grinnell, Alma Myles, Barbara Jean McClain and Shelia McKnight; and one uncle, Julius McKnight.

Online condolences may be sent to www.bateastefuneralhomes.com

 

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