Guinever “Gwin” Burkett Knowles

December 15, 2021

Mrs. Guinever “Gwin” Burkett Knowles, 82, passed into the arms of Jesus on December 15, 2021.  Gwin was born of February 25, 1939 to Pearlie Burkett and married the love of her life, Huey P. Knowles on July 2, 1957.

Gwin was a 1957 graduate of Flomaton High School and was a retired school bus driver.  She was “Mama” to most of the students who rode her bus.  Her hobbies including gardening, sewing, and crocheting and she enjoyed her many creations with everyone she came into contact with.  She loved children and could make an ordinary day feel like an adventure.  She knew absolutely nothing about football but enjoyed rooting for the Auburn Tigers with her son-in-law, Wayne.  She was a faithful member of Moyeville Baptist Church and was happiest around the children of the church.  She spent many years as VBS director, teaching Sunday school and Bible Drills.

She is preceded in death by her mother, Pearlie Burkett, husband, Huey Knowles, one brother, Harvey Burkett and two sisters, Aurelia Gardner and Louise McLaughlin.

She is survived by four daughters, Sherry (Mike) Bell, B.J. (Archie) Dansby, Donna Coleman and (Tracy) Wayne Sullivan, all of Flomaton, daughter of her heart, Josephine (James Smith) Johnson of Flomaton, one sister, Myree Morgan of Corpus Christie, Texas, 11 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren, 2 great-great-grandchildren, cousins, friends, nieces, nephews and many, many more that knew her only as “Mama” or “Nanny”.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M. Friday December 17, 2021 from the chapel of Flomaton Funeral Home with Bro. Mike Hutto officiating.  Interment will follow at Moyeville Baptist Church Cemetery.

Visitation will be held at Flomaton Funeral Home from 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. on Thursday.

Pallbearers:  James Gardner, Ray Boutwell, Richie Thomas, Ed Turk, Edwin Knowles, and Tony Thomas

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under Obituaries