NAME: CHARLES LEE KNIGHT, AGE 76, A LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT.

BORN: SEPTEMBER 20, 1925 AT BOKCHITO, OKLAHOMA TO CHARLES WILLIAM AND LILLIE AUGUSTA (CHESTER) KNIGHT.

PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2002 AT TEXOMA MEDICAL CENTER IN DENISON, TX. AGE: 76 YEARS 7 MONTHS 29 DAYS.

EDUCATION: ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM BOKCHITO HIGH SCHOOL AND ATTENDED SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY IN DURANT FOR 3 YEARS.

MARRIED: TAMPA FAYE GISH ON SEPTEMBER 7, 1946 AT SHERMAN, TX. CAROLYN WHITMIRE BAYLES ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1981 AT CADDO, OK.

OCCUPATION: CHARLES WAS A ROUTE DELIVERY MAN FOR HOLSUM BAKERY COMPANY FOR 34 1/2 YEARS, RETIRING IN 1986.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: LONGTIME MEMBER OF SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH AND SERVED AS SUNDAY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT, HE LATER WAS A MEMBER OF HILLCREST BAPTIST CHURCH AND FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS HE WAS A MEMBER OF ATOKA FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. HE DROVE THE CHURCH BUS OVER 12 YEARS. HE WAS ALSO A BOARD MEMBER OF ATOKA HOUSING AUTHORITY FOR 5 YEARS AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE TEAMSTERS UNION.

SURVIVED BY

WIFE: CAROLYN OF THE HOME.

CHILDREN: LARRY DON KNIGHT AND WIFE JOHNNIE GAIL OF ATOKA, OK. VICKIE COPELAND AND HUSBAND STEVE OF STILLWATER, OK. WESLEY HARRISON AND WIFE LADONNA OF OKLAHOMA CITY. DOYLE BROWN OF ATOKA, OK.

GRANDCHILDREN: TERESA MCMASTER OF ATOKA, OK. CODY KNIGHT AND WIFE ANGELA OF MCKINNEY, TX. STACY WATKINS AND HUSBAND JEFF OF STILLWATER, OK. SEAN GARRETT OF STILLWATER, OK. STEVEN GARRETT OF STILLWATER, OK. ASHLEY ROBINSON AND HUSBAND MIKE OF PLANO, TX. STEPHANIE COPELAND OF DALLAS, TX. KASANDRA HARRISON OF OKLAHOMA CITY. VANESSA HARRISON OF OKLAHOMA CITY.

GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: NICHOLAS MCMASTER OF ATOKA, OK. SARAH BETH MCMASTER OF ATOKA, OK. GARRETT WATKINS OF STILLWATER, OK. PAETON ROBINSON OF PLANO, TX.

NEPHEWS: HERBERT KNIGHT OF DURANT, OK. JUNIOR KNIGHT OF TULSA, OK.

NIECE: GWEN PERRY OF DURANT, OK.

FAVORITE COUSIN: MARIE MARLOW OF BOKCHITO, OK.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: CHARLES WILLIAM AND LILLIE AUGUSTA KNIGHT. BROTHER: EDWARD KNIGHT.

DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 2002 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. JERRY WILLIAMS.

CASKETBEARERS: ROYCE BLAKER, BILL MALONE, BOB PRATER, JIM MIXON, HOMER BARRETT, BILL MILLER.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: BOB WHITTLE, BROWN WYRICK, MAX COPELAND, JOE STRICKLEN, SAM STEELE, HOMER BLAKER, DON MILAM, PAUL MULLINS.