NEWPORT – Georgia (Cookson) Knowlton, 95, died Jan. 22, 2012, at a Pittsfield health care facility. She was born Sept. 12, 1916, in Dexter, a daughter of George and Eva (Clukey) Cookson.
She moved to Pittsfield with her family at a young age. Georgia was a communicant of St. Agnes Catholic Church and retired from C. M. Almy, both in Pittsfield.
Georgia was predeceased by her husband, Burns Knowlton Sr.; son, Burns Jr., who was killed in Vietnam; five brothers, Phillip, Norman, Galen, Wilbur and Alfred Cookson; and two sisters, Beulah and Beatrice. She is survived by several nieces and nephews, including Nancy Pomeroy of Newport.
A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, at St. Agnes Church, 238 Detroit Ave., Pittsfield, with Father Paul Murray officiating. Spring burial will be at Village Cemetery, Pittsfield. Memorial donations may be made to St. Agnes Church, Our Lady of The Snows Parish Office, P.O. Box 193, Dexter, ME 04953. Those who wish may leave written tributes at
www.CrosbyNeal.com.