The couple will be fully invested in this project from the developmental stage to the community involvement and educational components once the facility is up and running. She’s continuing her philanthropic legacy as she works alongside William to make his dream of the Reynolds Community Center come true.

The center will offer classes in music, health and wellness, library and computer center, recording studio, organized sports, walking trails and addiction and recovery services.Ĭo-founder of the RHS Community Foundation and husband to Gladys Knight, William McDowell, bought his old high school as a step towards making his dream of giving back to the place he grew up a reality. Gladys Knight has spent much of her lifetime and career working towards many great causes and supporting charitable organizations. Presented by the RHS Community Foundation, this benefit concert will raise money for the future Reynolds Community Center in Canton, NC. From the remains of a once segregated high school, the Reynolds Community Center will become a centerpiece for change in the community. VIP Packages are also available and include priority seating in the theatre, a meet and greet before the show with drinks and hors d’oeuvres, and an opportunity to bid on amazing auction items including trips, sports memorabilia, autographed photos and more. Tickets go on sale Tuesday, August 29th at 10am and will be available through the USCC Box Office, online at, and by phone at 80. We invite you to send a message of condolence and view the Blankenship family guestbook at Knight comes to the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium on Sunday, October 29th at 8pm with Little Big Town and other surprise guests. Jude Children’s Research Hospital at or to First United Methodist Church, 3425 N. The family requests memorials be made to St. The family would like to thank Hospice of Chattanooga for their compassionate care, especially her caregivers, Shannon McDonald and Margie Willis.

Entombment will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1-2 p.m. on Wednesday, August 3, 2022, in the Fireside Chapel of Memorial Park Funeral Home, 5668 Poplar Avenue, Memphis, TN, with Reverend Dennis P. prior to the service at the funeral home.Īn additional service will be held at 2:00 p.m. The family will receive friends from 1-2 p.m. on Monday, August 1, 2022, in the chapel of Ralph Buckner Funeral Home with Pastor Curtis McKee officiating. By expressing her love through her actions, her words, and her faith, she allowed herself to be a good friend to everyone she met. She is survived by her daughter, Donna Blankenship of Cleveland two grandchildren, Shannon Younger (Bridget) of Huntsville, AL, and Jennifer Williams of Cleveland five great-grandchildren, Haley and Lily Williams and Jacob, Tyler, and Morgan Younger and several nieces and nephews.Ī celebration of her life will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Fiser and sisters, Marie Goodman and Minnie Belle Welch. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 64 years, Bobby Joe Blankenship brothers, J.T. Her hobbies also included crocheting, knitting, and crafts. She was an avid reader and a fierce competitor in cards and games.

Gladys and her husband Bobby enjoyed golfing together and traveling the world with their family and friends. Gladys Maria Knight (born May 28, 1944), known as the 'Empress of Soul', is an American singer and actress. She was a woman of strong faith and a loyal friend to all who knew her. Gladys was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother and a significant presence in the life of her family. Monica: Whos Gladys (Phoebe shows her a horrific painting with a half-a-body girl dummy coming out of the frame. She and her husband moved in 2007 to Cleveland, where they became active members of the First United Methodist Church. She was employed as a secretary with Memphis City Schools for over 30 years. She married Bobby Joe Blankenship in 1949 in Humboldt, TN, and they moved to Memphis, TN, in 1956. Gladys was born in Gibson, TN, to John Thomas Fiser III and Gracie Elizabeth Yochum Fiser. Gladys Fiser Blankenship, 93, of Cleveland, TN, passed away Friday, July 29, 2022, at her home surrounded by her family.

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