Clarice Dickens Knight

(November 28, 1932 – May 24, 2023)

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am on Saturday, May 27, 2023 at the Billy M. King-Colonial Chapel Funeral Home in Collins for Clarice Dickens Knight, 90 of Collins, who passed away on Wednesday, May 24, 2023 at the Covington County Hospital in Collins.

Reverend Mike Davis and Reverend Rudy Jackson will officiate at the services with interment to follow in the Leaf River Baptist Church Cemetery in Collins.  Special music will be provided by Mrs. Ann Rogers and Mrs. Minnie Holloway.  Billy M. King-Colonial Chapel Funeral Home in Collins will be in charge of the arrangements.

Visitation will be held from 5:00 pm until 8:00 pm on Friday, May 26, 2023 and from 8:00 am until service time on Saturday, May 27, 2023, at the Billy M. King-Colonial Chapel Funeral Home, 3202 Highway 49, Collins, Mississippi.

Pallbearers will be Blake Eubanks, Jake Ellzey, Dr. Martin Harvey, Kenny Hynum, Don Speed, Billy Pitts, Charlie Strebeck, and Bo King. Honorary pallbearers will be Huck Jones, Jim Lott, Charlie Sokovich, and Larry Huie.

Mrs. Knight was born on November 28, 1932 in Collins, Mississippi to Richard "Rich" W. Dickens and Thelma Jane Sullivan Dickens.  She was a graduate of the Salem High School.  Mrs. Knight was a loving wife, mama, mawmaw, and homemaker. Her warmth was reflected through the open doors of her home which was filled with her children and grandchildren that she lovingly reared.  Mrs. Knight joyfully opened her heart and home to everyone in her community.  Everyone looked forward to Sunday lunch at Mawmaw's and she would say if you leave hungry, it was your own fault.  She never saw any racial divide with people, she was a friend to all.  Mrs. Knight loved the Lord and was a member of the Station Creek Baptist Church. She loved to see people prosper and she encouraged her children and grandchildren to work hard.  Mrs. Knight was a blessing to her family and community and will be dearly missed.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Richard "Rich" William Dickens and Thelma Jane Sullivan Dickens; her husband, Charles Calis Knight; a son-in-law, James Johnson; a granddaughter, Taylor Diann Burns; one brother, Jack Dickens; four sisters, Millie Jean Dickens Ainsworth, Letha Dale Dickens Wade, Mary Etoler Dickens Pitts, and Glenda Dickens Herndon.

Survivors include two sons, Calis Ray Knight (Annette) and Billy Knight (Kathy), all of Collins; four daughters, Rhonda Knight Johnson (John) of Terry,  Karen Knight Burns (Johnny Wayne) of Seminary, Connie Knight Craft (Frank) of Seminary, and Michael Ann Knight of Collins; three honorary children, Billy Joe  Pitts of Laurel, Rick "Dickie" Collins of Minnesota, and Janie Bryant of Collins; one brother, Carrol Dickens (Nola) of Long Beach; eleven grandchildren, twenty-five great-grandchildren, and nine great great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews.

Family and friends may sign an online guestbook at www.billymkingcolonialchapel.com