Mr. Elijah Eugene McKnight "Dress Up" Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Public Viewing for Mr. Elijah Eugene McKnight will be Saturday, May 16, 2020 from 4:00 P.M till 7:00 P.M. at A. A. Dicks Funeral Home Sullivan Chapel, 2548 Main Street, Columbia, SC 29201. Services will be held on Sunday, May 17, 2020 at 1:00 P.M at A. A. Dicks Funeral Home Sullivan Chapel, located 2548 Main Street, Columbia, SC 29201. Interment will follow in The Promised Land Cemetery. Please click the link below to view services Mr. Elijah Eugene McKnight https://www.facebook.com/A-A-Dicks-Funeral-Home-Sullivan-Chapel-115729839828313/ Elijah Eugene McKnight, affectionately known as “Dress Up”, “Gene Green” was born July 6, 1955 in Columbia SC. He was the son of the late Robert Lee Taylor and Essie Mae Green. He departed this earthly life on Monday, May 11, 2020 at his home. Elijah was baptized at an early age and attended Zion Pilgrim Baptist Church. Elijah was educated in the public school of Richland County. “Dress Up” was a hustler and owned his own vegetable stand. Elijah gave more products away than he would sell. He had a heart of gold. Elijah also played baseball for The Arthur Town Boomers. Elijah loved his sister Edna, auntie Mary, and uncle Melvin. Elijah was preceded in death by his parents, Robert Lee Taylor and Essie Mae Green, and a brother, Isaac Bennett. Elijah leaves to cherish his precious memories: a sister Edna Mae Brosia, Columbia SC, a brother, Bernard McKnight, Bristol, VA ; four aunts, Mary Lee Millgan, Shirley Green, Lillie Quarterbaum, Evangelist Annie Maude Garrick, all of Columbia SC; two uncles, Melvin Green and Cola B. Taylor; and a host of nieces and Nephews and other loving relatives and caring friends all of whom will miss him dearly. Please leave the family your condolences and prayers. The McKnight family, acknowledges with grateful appreciation, all of your kind expressions of love and sympathy. Thank you for helping us care for our families. A. A. Dicks, Sr. and Staff.

Mr. Elijah Eugene McKnight "Dress Up"

July 6, 1955 - May 9, 2020