Calvin Knight

Published 12:00 am Thursday, January 19, 2012

NATCHEZ — Graveside services for Calvin Knight, 61, of Los Angeles, who died Dec. 12, 2011, at Centinela Hospital in Inglewood, Calif., will be at noon Friday at the Natchez National Cemetery with the Rev. Chester Cain Jr. officiating.

Arrangements are under the direction of Harrison-Ross Mortuary in Los Angeles.

Mr. Knight was born July 14, 1950, in Natchez, the son of Fred Knight and Virginia McDonald. He was a 1968 graduate of Holy Family Catholic School. He also served in the U.S. Air Force and was honorably discharged.

Calvin was preceded in death by his father.

Survivors include his mother of Natchez; three children, Cassandra Knight of Natchez, Kelvin Knight of Dallas and Kimberly Knight of Hurst, Texas; former wife, Evelyn N. Williams of Irving, Texas; three sisters, Rasheedah Sadiq of Fayetteville, N.C., Aurella McDonald-Thomas of Haymarket, Va., and Freddie Boatwright of Los Angeles; one brother, Vernell McDonald; close friend and cousin, John Sykes of Los Angeles; eight grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and a number of other relatives and friends.