Ms. Michelle C. (Pookie), age 24, departed this life unexpectedly Sunday, September 9, 1990. A native Daytonian and Graduate of Patterson Co-Operative High School. Survivors include her loving and devoted parents, Alma and Ronald McKnight; son, Jason Lamar McKnight; 2 daughters Tiffany and Jerrica McKnight; 3 Sisters, Antoinette, Rhoni and DeAngelia - Grandparents and a Host of other relatives and friends.
In Memory
Michelle McKnight
Tracy White (Watson)
I remember Michelle very fondly. She was in a drafting class with Greg (Lambert) and she used to kid us all the time. I remember when she passed and was relly shocked and hurt. She was a very sweet person and well remembered.Yolanda Lawson (Avery)
I remember like it was yesterday! It was a Monday morning, I was trying to wake up so I turned on the TV and heard those awful words "Dayton mother Michelle McKnight, slain while on the phone with 911 dispatcher pleading for help all while her kids were in the house" The saddest thing was the Saturday before her death, me and an even closer friend of ours Sheila Boyd had heard she was having trouble with a male friend and were going to see about her that week but never got a chance to. Such a waste of a beautiful life!Yeah we had a ball on #8 yall!!
Annjanette Foster
Michelle road the #8 bus to and from school with me for four years (just like Brenda Heath). (Throw your hands up, if you rode the #8 Lakeview/Nicholas Road line). :) When I think about those times back then, I can still laugh hard!!! We had good, harmless fun!!!I always thought Michelle was a nice, friendly person, that didn't act like she didn't want to speak to you. I'm sure that would have still been true. I remember that big smile. That's the way I want to remember her.
Annette Rutledge (Griffin)
Michelle and I were the best of friends. Today I show my girls all our "old" photos and tell them about the double dates. my oldest brother was crazy about her legs. I could go on forever about the times with Michelle but I can't type that fast. There's not a day when I don't think about her. Michelle, Annette will always LOVE YOU! God just had a better plan.Juan Oliver
Jesus, I dont know if I can post something without beginning to cry. That was my friend. She lived right in back of my house, just jump the fence. We shared laughs, homework, sometimes hours just talking. I would visit her when I came home from the service, meet her kids. Man, Jesus. She was a very special friend to me. I remember the day my mom called me and told me the news. That was a day I was lost. I remember a few phone calls here and there from her. We use to write each other while I was in the Marines. OMG, I didnt know we had a page for the departed. I cant say anymore, many dont even know what that woman meant to me, or the talks we shared. To lose her the way we did. OMG, and to later find out that nut lived across from my grandmother, okay speechless. If not for the Love of God and staying in his will, trying to do what God would have one do. If I had saw him years ago. He, well I wont say. I miss you my friend, the world doenst know how special you were to me, lol, smile, miss you, I gotta go.Terra Banks (Pernell)
I was wrapping up some things for the evening and decided to log on to our class website...hit the memory page and realized the anniversary of our Beloved Michelle Mcknight is fast approaching. It will be 30 years since her passing and I can remember hearing the news as if it were yesterday. Everytime the memory of her comes to my mind, I think about her family, I think about her children and the impact this loss had on their lives. I pray God's blessing on her family, I know her children are grown and may have families of their own by now. Just wanted to post to say, Michelle is still in our hearts and not forgotten.