Oklahoma Cemeteries Website
butterfly
image
Click here to break out of frames
This information is available for free. If you paid money for a
subscription to get to this site, demand a refund.
John Carl and Nellie Belle (Brown) Knight
Ochelata Cemetery
Washington County, Oklahoma
image
© Dennis Wilson
image
© Dennis Wilson

Obit for John posted by Ann Weber
Mar 1, 1931 - Jul 25, 2018

DAVIS FAMILY FUNERAL HOME
DEWEY, WASHINGTON CO, OK
(permission granted)

Reverend John Carl Knight, 87, of Buell, MO, died on Wednesday, July 25, 2018, at his home surrounded by family.

John Carl Knight was born on March 1, 1931, in a small community just out from Cherryvale, KS, called “Corbin City”. He was the fifth child born to Ira Scott Knight and Bessie Leota (Clay) Knight. Following Carl’s birth, five more children were added to the family. He received his education in the schools of Cherryvale, KS, and Ochelata, OK.

At the age of 14, the family moved to Ochelata, OK, and Carl never moved back to Cherryvale, from then on always considering Ochelata his hometown. He loved the hills and prairies around Ochelata and in 1980 he returned to Ochelata to pastor the local church until 1985 when he moved to Rogers, AR, to become the pastor of the local church there.

Carl was saved in 1950 from a life of rebellion and sin, and later sanctified and cleansed by the precious blood of Jesus. He was called to preach the Gospel and began his first revival in his hometown, Ochelata, OK, in March 1951. In all the succeeding years, Carl strove to be faithful to that call to preach. He was a pastor for 47 years, pastoring churches in OK, KS, MO, AR, and CA.

On September 1, 1951, Carl married Nellie Belle Brown, the sister of his best friend, Tom Brown, and to this union three children were born: Deborah Ann, Philip Wayne, and David Leon. Nellie preceded him in death in 2006 after 55 years of marriage. In 2007 he married Mary Ethel (Cassell) Fuller and she survives at the home. Also preceding him in death were his father and mother, Ira and Leota Knight, one sister, Vera Henry, and one child through miscarriage. Those surviving are four sisters: Rena Knight, Ruth Brown, Wilma Miller and Lavon Cox; four brothers: William (Bill) Knight, Eugene Knight, Harold Knight and Keith Knight; three children: Deborah McIntire, Philip Knight (Kerrie), and David Knight (Joanne); seven grandchildren; fourteen great-grandchildren; one step-son, Martin Fuller (Barb); four step-grandchildren; one step-great-grandchild and one “adopted” granddaughter, Merilee Barnard.

Visitation will be held on Saturday, July 28, 2018, from 2:00 PM until 5:00 PM at the Schlanker Funeral Home in Montgomery City, MO. Visitation will be held from 4:00 PM until 7:00 PM on Monday, July 30, 2018, at the Davis Family Funeral Home - Walker Brown Chapel in Bartlesville, OK. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM on Tuesday, July 31, 2018, at the Bible Holiness Church in Ochelata, OK, with burial in the Ochelata Cemetery in Ochelata, OK, with Military Honors.

Memorial contributions are suggested to the Compassus Hospice; the New Florence Holiness Church; or to the Charity of One’s Choice, c/o Schlanker Funeral Home, 207 Danville Road, Montgomery City, MO 63361.

Condolences may be made to www.schlankerfuneralhome.com

 

 |Ochelata Cemetery|  |Washington County Cemeteries|  |Home|


This site may be freely linked, but not duplicated in any way without consent.
All rights reserved! Commercial use of material within this site is prohibited!
© 2000-2024 Oklahoma Cemeteries

The information on this site is provided free for the purpose of researching your genealogy. This material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, for your own research, as long as this message remains on all copied material. The information contained in this site may not be copied to any other site without written "snail-mail" permission. If you wish to have a copy of a donor's material, you must have their permission. All information found on these pages is under copyright of Oklahoma Cemeteries. This is to protect any and all information donated. The original submitter or source of the information will retain their copyright. Unless otherwise stated, any donated material is given to Oklahoma Cemeteries to make it available online. This material will always be available at no cost, it will always remain free to the researcher.