Knotts, Laura Elizabeth

Services for Laura Elizabeth Knotts, 75, of Longview, will be at 2 p.m. 
Thursday, June 21, 2007, at Rader Funeral Home Chapel of Longview, with 
Charles Butler, Ed Wachtel and Jack Park officiating. Burial will be in 
Memory Park Cemetery. Ms. Knotts died June 17, 2007, in Longview.

Born March 15, 1932, in Carrizo Springs, she was a member of Alpine 
Church of Christ. Survivors include her son, Daryl Knotts; daughter, 
Debra Knotts; brother, John Alfred Sharp; and sisters, Myram Uppencamp, 
Mary Joyce Sharp, Mercedes Fisher, Shirley Wachtel and Loretta Bouldin.

A memorial guestbook may be signed at www.raderfh.com.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 6/20/2007.

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Knotts, Laura Elizabeth

Services for Laura Elizabeth Knotts, 75, of Longview, will be at 2 p.m. 
today, June 21, 2007, at Rader Funeral Home Chapel, with Charles Butler, 
Ed Wachtel and Jack Park officiating. Burial will follow in Memory Park 
Cemetery.

Mrs. Knotts died Sunday, June 17, 2007, at a local care center.

She was born March 15, 1932, in Carrizo Springs, Texas, to John and Jemima 
Garner Sharp. A resident of Longview for most of her life, Mrs. Knotts was 
manager of a local credit union and had worked in accounts receivable at 
Complete Business Systems. She was an active member of the Alpine Church 
of Christ. On March 21, 1953, she married the love of her life, David L. 
Knotts, who preceded her in death in 1976.

Laura was a friend to everyone and loved to help people in need. She 
visited and took food to the ill and homebound often when she, herself, 
was not well. She helped others in so many ways, and she enjoyed the 
simple pleasures of life.

In addition to her husband, David L. Knotts, Laura was also preceded in 
death by her parents, John and Jemima Sharp; and brothers and sisters, 
Ruby Berry, William Sharp, Charles Sharp, Jeanette Hanus, Vida Jo Allen 
and Mose Allen Sharp.

She is survived by her daughter, Debra Knotts of Longview; her son, Daryl 
Knotts of Longview; granddaughter, Maegan Knotts of Longview; sisters, 
Myriam Uppencamp of Carrizo Springs, Mary Joyce Sharp of Dallas, Mercedes 
Fisher of Carrizo Springs, Shirley Wachtel of Baytown and Loretta Bouldin 
of Victoria; brother, John Alfred Sharp of San Antonio; and a number of 
nieces and nephews.

A memorial guestbook may be signed at www.raderfh.com.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 6/21/2007.