Helen Emerton Knowles

April 5, 1949-Sept. 3, 2021

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Helen Frances Emerton Knowles, 72, of Sparta passed Sept. 3, 2021, at her residence.

Helen was born April 5, 1949, in Sparta.

She was a former garment factory worker and retired as custodian of the Putnam County Justice Center. After retirement from the Justice Center, she could often be found helping out at her grandson's tire shop. She loved a good game of cards, but most of all she loved being with her family.

She was preceded in death by her father, William Franklin Emerton; mother, Bessie Marie Emerton Parks; daughter, Melissa Elaine; sisters, Dora Emerton Parks, Easter Emerton Parks, Rose Emerton Spivey, Tina Emerton Spivey, Pauline Emerton Dodson, Dorothy Emerton Perry, Betty Emerton Crain; and brothers, Robert, George, Jimmy, Earl Emerton, and John Thomas Parks.

Surviving family members left to cherish her memory include her daughter, Sandra Knowles Smith; son, Troy "Bo" Knowles; four grandchildren, Randy Dewayne Knowles, John Thomas Knowles, Sarah Knowles, Chelsea Smith and fiancé Tyler Dolin; seven great-grandchildren, Justin, Kaylee, Jacob, Braiden, Jaislyn Knowles, Weston Smith, and Gracelynn Dolin; sister, Marie (Ronnie) Brock; brothers, William (Sue) Emerton, Carl Emerton, Randall Parks, Michael (Michelle) Parks, Marcus Parks, Paul Parks; and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral service will be 11 a.m., Sept. 8, 2021, at Hunter Funeral Home, with burial in Rose Chapel Cemetery. Roy Whited will officiate. The family will receive friends 4-8 p.m., Sept. 7, at the funeral home.

James Stewart, Earl Emerton, Nick Holman, Ronnie Brock, J.T. Knowles, and Justin Knowles will serve as pallbearers

Hunter Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.