Rogers Co. Obit for: Wilbur Burton "Burt" Knighton	

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Submitted to the Rogers County Oklahoma Archives 
Date: 5/25/2002 by: Bill Cook, wcook14024@aol.com
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Wilbur Burton "Burt" Knighton

Funeral service for Wilbur Burton "Burt" Knighton will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 
29, 2002, at Musgrove-Merriott-Smith Chapel, with Rev. Tommy Seale officiating. 
A graveside service with military honors will follow at 1 p.m. at Ft. Gibson 
Cemetery, Ft. Gibson. Visitation will be at the funeral home 1-8 p.m. Tuesday. 

Burt died Friday morning, May 24, 2002 at Claremore Veterans Center. He was 77. 

The son of Lloyd William and Ida Humphreys Knight was born Jan. 22, 1925 in 
Clifton Forge, Va. 

He graduated from Clifton Forge High School in 1942 and attended Oklahoma A&M in 
Stillwater. 

In March of 1943, he entered the U.S. Army and served during World War II and 
later in the Korean Conflict.
 
Burt met his wife, Dorothy Ann "Dot" Gray at the USO in Muskogee, where she 
volunteered. They were married March 10, 1946 in Muskogee. They lived in Tulsa 
many years and in 1982 moved to Verdigris. 

Burt was retired from the Patrick Petroleum Company, where he was a petroleum 
landman. He was a member of the American Association of Petroleum Landmen, 
American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. When he was able, he enjoyed 
golfing and fishing.
 
He was preceded in death by his wife of 53 years, Dot; his parents; and brother, 
Albert Leroy Knighton. 

Burt is survived by his children, Wilbur B. "Buddy" Knighton Jr. of Verdigris, 
Ralph Lloyd Knighton of Oklahoma City, Jeffery Alan Knighton of Owasso, Julia 
Ann Denning of Wichita, Kan., Cathy Lou Wilson of Tulsa, Ruth Lee Anderson of 
Flagstaff, Ariz., and Lora Joanna Pelto of Austin, Texas; a brother, Lloyd 
William Knighton Jr. of Ocala, Fla.; 13 grandchildren and seven great-
grandchildren.
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