Wanda Jean Wilson

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n the early morning hours of July 9, 2017, Wanda Jean (Wilson Allee) Knight went home to be with her Lord.

Wanda was born in Hemphill, Texas to Delorse and Marlin Wilson on March 7, 1959. She was a 1977 graduate of Sam Houston High School and went on to have a career in the insurance field that spanned 38 years. She worked for Byrd Insurance Agency in Lufkin, Texas for the past 16 years. Her early years were spent in Houston, Texas where she was licensed and earned her ACSR designation. Wanda loved her job and the many people and customers that she came in contact with and served. Wanda also loved reading her many books and her vacations with her mom and her husband.

Wanda is survived by her husband, Thomas B. Knight of Hemphill, Texas; her daughter, Dana Allee of Houston, Texas; her mother, Delorse Tatom Wilson Scott and husband, Glen, of Lindale, Texas; her sister, Marlene Wilson Fletcher and husband, Gregory, of Huffman, Texas; sister-in-law, Xan Wilson of Porter, Texas and Ann M. Knight of Livingston, Texas; two step-sisters, Glenda Whisenhunt and husband, Perri, of Chappell Hill, Texas and Sherri Etamad and husband, Kamran, of Tyler, Texas; stepson, David Knight of Port Neches, Texas, Darrell Knight of Groves, Texas, Lee Reeves of Orange, Texas and step-daughter, Angel Wynn of Port Neches, Texas and grandchildren, numerous nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.

Wanda was preceded in death by her grandparents, Melvin and Orie Wilson and Clyde and Marie Tatom, her father, Marlin Wilson, and her brother, Melvin Wilson.

Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Tuesday, July 11, 2017 at Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr St., Hemphill, Texas.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, July 12, 2017 in Starr Funeral Home Chapel, Hemphill with interment to follow at Plainview Cemetery, Pineland, Texas.

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