Sarah ‘Kathryn’ Watring Knotts

She was born Friday, Feb. 10, 1933, at Morgantown, West Virginia, a daughter of the late Artennis Woodford Watring and Mary Jane Watring.

On May 19, 1951, at Oakland, Maryland, she was united in marriage to Bernard Ray Knotts, who preceded her in death.

Surviving are two daughters, Barbara Jean Hottle and husband, Donald, of Shaffertown, and Sandra Kay Owens and husband, Doug, of St. George; five grandchildren, Doug M. Owens and wife, Wendy, of New Creek, Ashlea Wolfe and fiance, Joe Harper, of Pierce, Holli Rogers and husband, Nathaniel, of St. George, Wendy Wolford and husband, Eddie, of Clover, and Matthew Hottle and wife, Aimee, of Pennsylvania; sixteen great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews; and a special caregiver, Ronda Cavalier.

She is the last surviving member of her immediate family having been preceded in death by one son, Edward Carl “Sonny” Knotts; three brothers, Ralph Lee Watring, Jim Brooks Watring and Paul Woodford Watring; five sisters, Meredith Hope Cramer, Gayle Marie Strawderman, Ruby Louise Somerville, Ruth Ann Houser and Betty Jane Lipscomb; and three grandchildren, Chad Owens, Jaime Knotts and Justin Knotts.

She was a graduate of Parsons High School with the class of 1951. She was a member of the Parsons Seventh Day Adventist. She was a former employee of the Bausch & Lomb Co., the Cuppets & Weeks Nursing Home, Garrett Memorial Hospital as a C.N.A., and retired in 1996 from the U.S. Forest Service, as a Lab Technician.

Kathryn enjoyed gardening, canning, cooking and quilting, jigsaw and crossword puzzles. Most of all she loved spending time with her family and especially her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

The family will receive friends at the Lohr & Barb Funeral Home of Parsons, West Virginia, on Thursday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Final rites will be conducted, from the funeral home, on Friday, May 29, 2026, at 11 a.m.

Pastor Roger Curtis and Matthew Donald Hottle will officiate and interment will follow at the Watring Family Cemetery at Shaffertown, West Virginia.

The family suggest that expressions of sympathy be in the form of contributions to West Virginia Caring Hospice, 519 G Road, Arthurdale, WV 26520.

The Lohr & Barb Funeral Home is honored to be in charge of the arrangements for Sarah “Kathryn” Watring.

Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.lohrbarbfuneralhome.com.