Wanda Knox is with the Lord
Wanda Stevens Knox was born August 9, 1925, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on March 3, 2022.
When the great depression hit it forced her father to move from town to town in search of work and resulted in her spending summers with relatives in rural central Louisiana. The constant relocation, the poverty, and the uncertainty made for a most difficult childhood.
Wanda was a brilliant girl, graduating Byrd High School in Shreveport, Louisiana. Her electives her senior year were Calculus, Latin and Shorthand.
During the Second World War she did secretarial work at Camps Beauregard and Livingston. She perfected the ability to be the type of support person who ran things behind the scenes wherever she worked. She was always “the glue that held the thing together while someone else got the credit.”
In 1954 she met Maitland Knox. They married in 1956. Together they built a highly successful business and raised four children. She devoted her life to supporting her husband and preparing her children for success, being, in a thousand ways, the glue that held the home and family together, even as her children married and had homes and careers of their own.
Her passions were reading, travel, and church. As to the first, an insatiable thirst for knowledge and a phenomenal memory, kept her reading countless books a year, including reading her Bible through each year, until the time of her passing. As to the second, she visited all fifty states, six continents and forty countries, having a deep love for America’s national parks. This passion led Wanda and her husband to conceive and see the establishment of The Canaveral National Seashore. As to the third, she trusted the Lord Jesus as her Savior at an early age and had a life-long, unwavering faith in the Word of God. She not only attended church but served its members in countless ways and faithfully supported world missions throughout her lifetime.
She lived with class and dignity. She managed to be both strong-willed and gracious. She knew how to improve and strengthen everything in which she was involved, while never needing to be in the lead position. To all who knew her throughout her long and eventful life she was a wonderful example of a Christian lady.
She is survived by her sons James (Lilian) and David (Lori), her daughters Diana (Dennis) and Linda (Don), and eight grandchildren.
Per her request, in lieu of flowers please send memorial gifts to The Bible Baptist Church of Deland, Florida, where her memorial service will be held March 12, 2022 at 2:00 pm ET. Her memorial service may be viewed live or later via the church YouTube channel.
Thursday, March 3, 2022
From Brother James:
My teacher and mentor, my trusted friend and advisor, the person I most admire, is in the presence of her Savior.
Wanda Knox is with the Lord she trusted and served so faithfully.
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Tuesday, March 1, 2022
Most of you who have visited THE BIBLE Baptist Church have been blessed in some way by Wanda Knox. All of you who have enjoyed Brother James’ ministry have been blessed by her, as her influence upon her son is seen in countless ways.
She was ninety-six years old, and early on Tuesday, February 22, she fell and broke her hip. The subsequent surgery, on top of her other health issues, has brought her nigh to the end of her race. Monday, February 28 she told her children, “I think it is time I get ready to meet my Savior.” She asked to have two songs sung to her — “I Am His and He Is Mine” and “Does Jesus Care?”
Her mind is as strong and sharp as ever, but her body is giving out on her. We ask that you please pray for this wonderful Christian lady that God will graciously escort her to the finish line.
If you are not familiar with her, you may enjoy a small part of her story here:
Wanda Knox: My Testimony – Recorded April 2020