Peggy Steed Knight, 90, died December 3, 2020. She was a member of Bethel Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Clarksville, Tennessee (Nashville Presbytery). Her husband, D.T. “Boots” Knight, was also a committed Cumberland Presbyterian. Peggy was born December 18, 1929, in Houston County, Tennessee. She spent most of her adult life as an educator in Houston County. She was also a delegate to the Tennessee Constitutional Convention and served two terms representing the 67th district in the Tennessee House of Representatives. Survivors include Peggy’s daughter Nancy, married to the Reverend Stewart Salyer, and Peggy’s son, Nicholas Knight.
About Matthew Gore
Matthew H. Gore is a British journalist, historian, popular culturist, archivist, and educator residing in Memphis, Tennessee. He is the immediate past-president of the Society of Tennessee Archivists and is best known for his book The History of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Kentucky to 1988 (2000). He has also published on a variety of topics as diverse as The Origin of Marvelman (a British superhero of the 1950s and 1960s), the relative scarcity of East German philatelics, and the biography of British pulp artist, Denis McLoughlin. He is employed by the Ministry Council of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at the Cumberland Presbyterian Center in Memphis, Tennessee, as editor of the Cumberland Presbyterian Magazine and as publications manager. He has been associated with both Western Kentucky University, which honored him with their James H. Poteet Award, and the University of Kentucky. He also serves as editor for all Boardman Books (Memphis, Tennessee) publications.
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