Dr. C. Marselle Knight

Dr. C. Marselle Knight, 94, entered his eternal rest on August 17, 2019 at his home in Georgetown, Texas. In December 1943 he entered military service to his country as Navy Radarman (Third Class) aboard the USS Lewis Hancock, attending the ROTC program at Stanford University. During WWII, he was awarded 5-Stars in the Asiatic engagement and 2-Stars in the Philippine Liberation. Afterwards, he graduated from Bethany Nazarene College and Nazarene Theological Seminary to prepare for Christian ministry. In 1978 Mid-America Nazarene University conferred on him an honorary doctorate.

Dr. Knight is preceded in death by his wife, Betty, of 70 years and survived by their three children: Margaret Young (Georgetown), John Knight (Georgetown) and Joseph Knight (Dearborn, MI), by eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

He and Betty committed their lives to Christian ministry, spanning 45 years in the Church of the Nazarene. After pastoring congregations in Florida, Missouri, Texas, South Carolina, Kansas and Oklahoma, he became Public Relations Director at Bethany Nazarene College (now Southern Nazarene University) and later served as Superintendent of San Antonio, Kansas and Eastern Michigan districts.

His distinguished service earned him widespread love and respect. He loved his family, especially his grandchildren and great-grandchildren during his retirement years.

Scott & White Hospice deserves recognition for their extraordinary acts of kindness and compassion throughout his final months.

The family will receive guests for a time of visitation from 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. on Thursday, August 22, 2019 at the Cook-Walden Davis Funeral Home in Georgetown, Texas. Funeral services will be at 10:30 A.M. on Friday, August 23, 2019 at Georgetown Church of the Nazarene in Georgetown, Texas. Committal service will follow at 12:45 P.M. at Cook-Walden Capital Parks Mausoleum in Pflugerville, Texas.

The family requests memorial donations be made to: Georgetown Church of the Nazarene designated for world missions at https://gcnaz.churchcenter.com/giving