Ruth Knight, 84, widow of Gene Knight, died Saturday, May 28, 2016, at Clarendon Health System.

Born September 25, 1931, in Georgetown County, she was a daughter of the late Lowell Pipkin and the late Loye Agnes Terry Pipkin. She was a member of Shiloh Pentecostal Holiness Church.

Survivors include a daughter, Vickie Casselman of Pinewood; three grandchildren, Tonya Lowder (Matt) of Manning, Julie Casselman, and Heather Dayman; five great-grandchildren; two sisters, Lila Tanner of Sumter and Frances Locklear of Greenville; and a brother, Charlie Pipkin of Andrews.

She was preceded in death by a son, Jerry Casselman; and a sister, Mary Pipkin.

Funeral services will be held at 1 P.M. Tuesday in the Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home with the Rev. Bobby Driggers, the Rev. Bill Tschorn, and the Rev. Harry Tanner, Jr. officiating. Burial will be in the Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 12 to 1 P.M. Tuesday at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and other times at the home of Terry Melton.

Memorials may be made to Shiloh Pentecostal Holiness Church, P.O. Box 1931, Sumter, SC 29151.

Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.