Mrs. Elizabeth Knopp, age 76, of Blairsville, Georgia, passed away Monday, December 28, 2009 North Georgia Medical Center in Ellijay, Georgia.
Mrs. Knopp was born in Bristol, Virginia, on October 4, 1933, a daughter of the late Ted Layafette and Pauline Houser Nidiffer. She had lived in Baltimore, Maryland before moving to Blairsville in 1984. Elizabeth had been predeceased by her parents; a sister, Betty Smith; a brother, Joe Nidiffer; and a daughter, Pamela Mace.
Surviving family members are her husband, Robert Knopp, of Blairsville; son and daughter-in-law, Robert, Jr., and Debra Knopp, of Baltimore, Maryland; daughter and son-in-law, Denise and Wayne Seymour, of Conyers, Georgia; brother, Ted L. Nidiffer, Jr., of Baltimore; sister, Joyce Beatty, of Baltimore; sister, Nancy Groen, of Blairsville; sister, Pamela Kent, of Pueblo, Colorado; and sister, Barbara Houston, of Orlando, Florida; Grandchildren: Jennifer Arnold, Sandra Baldwin, Joshua Seymour, Jeffrey Seymour, Megan Knopp, Katelyn Seymour, and David Knopp; two great grandchildren: Nathan Arnold and Dodge Arnold.
Funeral services have been scheduled for Thursday, December 31, 2009, at 2:00 p.m., at the Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville Chapel, with Rev. Jerry Helton officiating. The following gentlemen have been selected to serve as pallbearers: Joshua Seymour, Jeffrey Seymour, David Knopp, Larry Swanson, and Jim Kent. Burial will be in Union Memory Gardens Cemetery. The family will meet with friends on Wednesday evening, from 7 until 9 p.m.
Arrangements entrusted to Cochran Funeral Home of Blairsville.