Obituary for Roy Floyd Knox
Roy Floyd Knox, 90, of Yukon, formerly of Blair, Oklahoma, passed away Monday, September 13, at the Spanish Cove Retirement Center in Yukon.
Roy was born April 4, 1914, in Jackson County, Oklahoma to Leonard and Lela (Lumpkin) Knox. He graduated from warren High School and later owned a grocery store in the Warren community. Roy sold the grocery store a few years later and opened Knox Hardware in Blair, which he owned and operated until his retirement. Roy married Naomi Robertson on March 14, 1935, in Friendship, Oklahoma and they had one daughter. He served on the building committee at the First Baptist Church in Blair when the new church was under construction and was a faithful church member.
Roy is survived by his wife of 69 years, Naomi Knox, of Yukon; two sisters, Vesta Wilcox of Altus and June Taylor and her husband Dale of Lexington, Nebraska, and a host of nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends. Roy was preceded in death by his parents, his daughter, Lavelle Knox, and one brother, C.J. Knox.
Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, September 16, at the First Baptist Church in Blair with reverend Randy Mitchell officiating. Interment will follow at Restlawn Cemetery in Altus under the direction of Lowell-Tims Funeral Home. Tributes can be made at www.lowell-tims.com.
09/16/2004
2:00 PM
Funeral
First Baptist Church
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Roy was born April 4, 1914, in Jackson County, Oklahoma to Leonard and Lela (Lumpkin) Knox. He graduated from warren High School and later owned a grocery store in the Warren community. Roy sold the grocery store a few years later and opened Knox Hardware in Blair, which he owned and operated until his retirement. Roy married Naomi Robertson on March 14, 1935, in Friendship, Oklahoma and they had one daughter. He served on the building committee at the First Baptist Church in Blair when the new church was under construction and was a faithful church member.
Roy is survived by his wife of 69 years, Naomi Knox, of Yukon; two sisters, Vesta Wilcox of Altus and June Taylor and her husband Dale of Lexington, Nebraska, and a host of nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends. Roy was preceded in death by his parents, his daughter, Lavelle Knox, and one brother, C.J. Knox.
Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, September 16, at the First Baptist Church in Blair with reverend Randy Mitchell officiating. Interment will follow at Restlawn Cemetery in Altus under the direction of Lowell-Tims Funeral Home. Tributes can be made at www.lowell-tims.com.
09/16/2004
2:00 PM
Funeral
First Baptist Church
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