He was born in Freeport on January 9, 1931 to Charles Knight, Jr. and Wilma Richards Knight. Carl attended North Yarmouth Academy.
Carl worked in trucking for many years and was Pownal’s Road Commissioner for 23 years, retiring in 1987. He was a life member of the Improved Order of Red Men and Owl’s Head Museum and a member of three antique automobile clubs. His passion was collecting and restoring antique cars and trucks. In his later years, he enjoyed being taken for rides around the back roads of Maine and having his daily coffee with his buddy, Cecil Burtt.
He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Jean Pervier Knight; daughters Gail Knight Purinton and her husband, Dean of Durham, and Wanda Haddock of New Gloucester; four grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren; and sister, Josephine Vosmus. There are no visiting hours scheduled. Friends and family are invited to attend a funeral service on Friday, September 16 at 11:00 a.m. at the First Parish Congregational Church, Hallowell Rd. in Pownal. Interment will be at Elmwood Cemetery in Pownal at a later date. Online condolences can be given to the family at www.jonesrichand- hutchins.com.
Donations may be made in his memory to the American Diabetes Association.
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