Obit of Knighton, Melvin Ray (k523) - Oklahoma County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Gene Phillips 30 Aug 2004 Return to Oklahoma County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/oklahoma/oklahoma.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Melvin Ray Knighton ALTUS, Okla. - Melvin Ray Knighton, 25, died Sunday, April 11, 2004. Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in St. Johns Baptist Church with the Rev. Robert Bostic and the Rev. Thomas Hanes officiating. Burial will be in Altus City Cemetery by Lowell-Tims Funeral Home. Mr. Knighton was born Jan. 19, 1979, in Oklahoma City. His parents were Charles and Alberta Knighton of Altus. Melvin attended Altus public schools until ninth grade. He then moved to Amarillo, Texas, to attend high school at Boys Ranch High School. He played on the starting basketball team during all three years of high school. He graduated in 1997. He then attended West Texas A&M in Canyon, Texas. He worked the the State of Texas with the Forestry Department. He was also a retail clerk for Blockbuster in Amarillo. He was preceded in death by his parents. Survivors include Sarah Forrest of Amarillo; their children, Kendra, Kayla and Brandon Charles, all of Amarillo; three sisters, Angel Ford of Spencer, Theresa Calvin of Dallas and Tameisha Bruner; three brothers, Troy Combs and Dewayne Bruner, both of Oklahoma City, and Anthony Bruner of Germany; an aunt, Ollie Hart of Altus; and a cousin, Rosalyn Hall of Altus. Amarillo Globe-News, April 15, 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Oklahoma County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/oklahoma/oklahoma.html