Funeral services for Mrs. Johnnie Belle Knighten Routon, age 75 of Olla, will be held at 10 AM Friday, May 16, 2014 at the chapel of Riser Funeral Home in Olla with Bro. Denver McBroom officiating. Interment will follow at Olla Cemetery.
Visitation will be Thursday evening from 5 PM to 8 PM at Riser Funeral Home in Olla.
Mrs. Routon was born on September 6, 1938 in Clarks, LA to the union of Floyd and Bertha Knighten and passed from this life on Tuesday, May 13, 2014 at Haven Nursing Center in Columbia.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Johnny Routon; brother, Floyd Knighten, Jr. and sister, Pearl Polk.
Those left to cherish her memory are her two sons: Tommy Routon and wife, Janice of Clinton and Mike Routon and wife, Cherry of Olla; grandchildren: Drew Routon and wife, Jennifer and Kasta Perino; great-grandchildren: Triston Perino and Sam Routon.
Pallbearers will be Randy Stott, Ricky Stott, Bull Barnhill, Warren Roshto, Steven McBroom and Glynn Hardy.