Audrey Knight Conerly was born on January 3, 1933, in Soso, MS to the late Hayward and Willie Mae Knight. She passed away on October 14, 2023, at Memorial Driftwood Nursing Center in Gulfport, MS. She was preceded in death by three brothers: Eartis, Hayward Jr., Curtis; one sister: Sarah; one son: Dexter Conerly; and one grandchild: Rashaun Conerly.

She accepted Christ at an early age and was baptized at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, Soso MS. She returned to Gulfport, MS from Huntsville, AL in 1973 and reunited with St. James Baptist church under the leadership of the late Rev. Joseph Simpson and now current Pastor Rev. Eddie Hartwell. She is currently a member of First Missionary Baptist Church of Handsboro, MS under the leadership of Pastor Jeremie Turner, where she was an active and faithful member of the Women's Sunday School class. She loved to sing and was a member of Coastal Airs Gospel Singers, NAACP and NCNW.

She will be sadly missed and always remembered by her two daughters: Gloria Smith (Samuel Sr.), Saucier, MS and Annette Conerly of Gulfport, MS; two sons: Gregory (Cocoa) and Oliver (Lisa) Conerly of Gulfport MS; two sisters: Annie Mae Cook (Robert) of Gulfport, MS and Grace Martin (Theodore) of Naples, FL; seven grandchildren: Samuel Jr. Smith (Tyangala) of Gulfport, MS; Kendall Ellison of Gulfport, MS; Sheena Conerly Barnes (Willie) of Houston, TX; Candice Bryant of Woodbridge, VA; Sean Smith of Cliffside, NJ; Anthony Conerly of Greenville, SC; Rashaad Conerly of San Ramon, CA; four great-grandchildren: James Ellison of Gulfport, MS; Samuel "Trey" III and Samara Smith of Gulfport, MS and Haviland Smith of Cliffside, NJ; one sister-in-law: Marguerite Knight of Saucier, MS and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.