Funeral services for Annie Ruth McGallion Knighten, 69, of Fred will be 2 pm Tuesday, April 25, 2006 at Farmer Funeral Home in Silsbee with interment following at Fred Community Cemetery.
Mrs. Knighten died on Sunday, April 23, 2006 at Silsbee Convalescent Center.
Annie Ruth was a native of Silsbee and a life long resident of Fred. She was a homemaker and loved being outside working in her yard or garden.
Annie Ruth was preceded in death by husbands Sie Earl Knighten and Ernest ‘Poodle’ McGallion; daughter Diane Chance; son Ricky McGallion; great grandson James Dawson Shaw; brothers Robert Sanford and Bernie Sanford. Survivors include her son Jerry McGallion and wife Tammy of Fred; sister Laverne Etue of Evadale; brothers Don Sanford of Beaumont and Kent Sanford of Kountze; grandchildren Lucas McGallion and wife Carrie, David Shaw and wife Kristi, Christina Chance, and Lonnie Paul Chance, Jr. all of Fred, William McGallion of Spurger, Brandon McGallion of Warren and great granddaughter Baylee McGallion of Fred.