Joseph Thomas "JT" Knight

July 29, 1932 - July 15, 2020

Joesph Thomas "JT" Knight, 87, of Sonora, passed away on July 15, 2020 suddenly while doing what he loved: working his farm in Flint Hill. Visitation will be between 12 Noon EDT and 8:00pm EDT on Saturday, July 18, 2020 or Sunday 9:00am till time of the service at Manakee Funeral Home in Sonora. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic some limitations will be in place included occupancy limitations and the requirement that facial masks be worn while indoors Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am EST on Sunday July 19, 2020 at Manakee Funeral Home in Sonora with Bro. Phillip Knight officiating. Burial will follow at Elizabethtown Memorial Gardens on Leitchfield Rd. (Highway 62). Arrangements are by Manakee Funeral Home. JT was born in Upton, the first son of ten children, to Joseph (Joe) Porter and Daisy Jane (Jenkins) Knight on July 29, 1932. He married Wilma Jean Sharp on June 14, 1952. He proudly served in the US Army in the early 1950's. He farmed and worked a variety of jobs until he and Wilma bought a farm on Melrose Road west of Sonora. He became a full-time farmer in 1976 and loved his farm and farming more than any other place on earth He became a Master Mason at Stephensburg Lodge of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, FandAM. He proudly received his Graduate Equivalency Degree (GED) on his 64th birthday; he was excited to be featured in the local newspaper for this accomplishment. In the late 1980's he briefly went back to "public work" at HMH; his work ethic and great personality was instrumental in him being awarded HMH employee of the year in the first year he worked there, an honor he was very proud of. JT loved the Lord! He has been an active member, deacon, and officer of Falling Springs Missionary Baptist Church near Upton for over 40 years. He was a leader in his family and a rock that many leaned on over the years. JT is finally able to reunite in Heaven those special people in his life who preceded him in death. These include his father, Joe; his mother, Daisy; his brother, Roger; his sisters, Golda and Lavonna; and many family and friends. He is also strolling across heaven with Wilma. The love of his life for almost 52 years, he has missed her every day since her passing over 16 years ago. JT is survived by three children: Melissa Jean Hartmann (and her husband Andy); Teresa Dianne Alvey (and her husband Randy); and Douglas Thomas Knight (and his wife Bryanna). He is survived by three grandchildren: Deran Thomas Alvey (and his wife Audria), Dana Renee Sego (and her husband Joe), and Madeline Shelby Knight. Survivors also include four great-grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren. He also leaves behind three brothers (Donald, Burton, and Johnnie) and three sisters (Patsy, Betty, and Shirley). A long life, a big smile and heart, and playful personality has resulted hundreds of others, who are left behind to smile at the memory of this wonderful man.