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Dorothy Vivian McKnight
Oct 13, 1922 - Dec 27, 2009
From Martha Reddout
Services for Dorothy Vivian McKnight, 87, of Burneyville, were
held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, December 31 at Marietta’s First
Baptist Church with Rev. Shane Norton officiating. Interment
followed in the Terral Cemetery.
Born October 13, 1922 in Montague County, Texas, the daughter of
Charlie Edward and Mary E. Abshier McCalip, she died Sunday,
December 27, 2009 in the Mercy Memorial Health Center, Ardmore.
A resident of Burneyville for the past 30 years, Mrs. McKnight
had previously lived in the Fort Worth, Texas area. She and
Wylie A. McKnight were married March 13, 1944 in Colorado
Springs, Colorado, and he preceded her in death on March 29,
2001. Mrs. McKnight graduated as valedictorian of the 1941 class
of Union Valley High School, Union Valley. She was a homemaker
and enjoyed gardening, traveling and spending time with her
grandchildren. Mrs. McKnight was a member of the First Baptist
Church of Marietta. In addition to her husband, she was preceded
in death by her parents.
Survivors include three daughters and sons-in-law, Sue and Bobby
Watson of Reno, Nevada, Mary and Douglas Pearson of Draper,
Utah, and Betty McKnight of Austin, Texas; three brothers and
sisters-in-law, Cecil and Frankie McCalip of Burneyville, Billy
and Willa McCalip and Joe and Wanda McCalip, all of Wichita
Falls, Texas; a sister, Juanita Arey, also of Wichita Falls; six
grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were sons-in-law, Bobby Watson and Doug Pearson;
grandsons, Stephan Bryson and Noah Crist; and nephews, Jimmy
Coffman and Billy Wayne Arey. Honorary bearers were Roger
McCalip, Billy Ray McCalip, Darrin Ard, Randy Crist, Ronnie
McCalip and Kevin Stinson.
This obituary included a picture of Mrs. McKnight.
Source: Marietta Monitor, 1 Jan 2010, page 4
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