A Mass of Christian Burial for Penney McKnight will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 24, 2018 at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church with the Rev. Stephen Scott Chemino, V.G. officiating. Burial will follow in the Pythian Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Hixson-Ducote Funeral Home of Bunkie.

Ms. McKnight, age 50 of Bunkie, passed away on Saturday, May 19, 2018 at Rapides Regional Medical Center in Alexandria.

She is preceded in death by her mother, Winnie Ann Ferguson.

Survivors include her brother, Troy McKnight, Jr. and wife Michelle of Bunkie; her father, Troy Wayne McKnight, Sr. of Hot Springs, AR; 3 half-brothers, Tony McKnight of Benton, AR, Roderick McKnight of Shreveport and Tracy McKnight of GA; her nieces and nephews, Callie McKnight, Kaitlian McKnight, John Wayne Bennett, Justin Rodriguez and Michael Coates; great-nephew, John Bennett II and great-niece, Stormy Bennett.

Friends may visit on Wednesday from 5:00 p.m. until 9:45 a.m. on Thursday at Hixson-Ducote Funeral Home of Bunkie. A rosary will be recited at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday.

Online condolences may be sent to www.hixson-ducote.com