Marie A. Knott, age 84, of Hillsboro died Friday January 26, 2007 at her residence. She was born November 24, 1922 in Charlotte, North Carolina, the daughter of Tobias Washington and Nannie Victoria Elliott Martin. Mrs. Knott had been an administrator for the Farmer’s Home Administration and was also widely known as the lady weather observer reporting the daily weather for the U. S. Weather Observatory on both local radio stations WVNU and WSRW, a position that Mrs. Knott had assumed following the death of her husband, Thomas Lee Knott on April 4, 1988. Mrs. Knott was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, co-founder of the Southern Ohio Genealogical Society and a member of the Highland County Historical Society (Hall of Fame Member) and the Daughters of the American Revolution. She is survived by one sister, Dorothy Vivian Brown of Greensboro, North Carolina; two nieces, Anna E. Carroll of Ellington, Connecticut and Nancy Coe Hall of Mt. Holly, North Carolina; two nephews, Perrin Babcock and Donald Babcock of Charlotte, North Carolina; one sister-in-law, Dorothy Helton of Mt. Orab; special "children," Rick Staub, Angie Miller and Beth Molodetz-Schlueter; and special "grandchildren," Audra Knisley, Joseph Schlueter and Christina Schlueter.  In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by one son, Duane Martin Knott in 1953, one daughter, Leah Carleen Knott in 1955, and two sisters, Dorothy Elizabeth Martin and Ruth Victoria Teeter. Services will be held 1:00 p.m. Saturday, February 3, 2007 at the Adams Branch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at 1185 Grace’s Run Road, Winchester, Ohio.  Elder Rick Staub will officiate. Burial will follow in the Ash Ridge Cemetery. Friends may call on Saturday from 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. at the Turner & Son Funeral Home in Hillsboro. Memorial contributions may be made to the Family History Center of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, c/o Ronald Applegate, Adams Branch, P. O. Box 263, Bentonville, Ohio 45105.