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Submitted: 7/3/22 • Approved: 7/4/22 • Last Updated: 7/7/22 • R522908-G0-S3
US Army
World War II
March 18, 1915-December 30, 1997
*Photo, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Obituary
Stanford Knox
HEREFORD (Special) - Services for Stanford C. "Stan" Knox, 82, of Hereford will be at 2 p.m. today in Central Church of Christ with Tom Bailey, minister, officiating.
Burial will be in West Park Cemetery under direction of Gililland-Watson Funeral Home.
Knox died Tuesday, Dec. 30, 1997, in Hereford Regional Medical Center.
He was born March 18, 1915, in Lockney. He married Ruth Owen Stenger on May 20, 1942, in Alexandria, La. He was a member of the Church of Christ, and he was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, where he played in the U.S. Army Band. He served as deacon and choir director at Central Church of Christ. He was a member of the Hereford Kiwanis Club and Hereford Senior Citizens Young at Heart Choir.
He retired in 1984 after 30 years in the retail television and music business in Hereford.
Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Kathleen A. Berry of Irving; two sons, Stephen O. of Los Alamos, N.M., and Bryan D. of Dallas; and five grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials to High Plains Children's Home, P.O. Box 7448, Amarillo 79114, or to Central Church of Christ.
(Published in Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, December 31, 1997)
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Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932
Name: Knox
Birth Date: 18 Mar 1915
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Floyd, Texas, USA
Father: W A Knox
Mother: Lillie Carrison
Mother Residence: Floyd County
Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932
Name: Stanford Calvin Knox
Birth Date: 18 Mar 1915
Birth Place: Rural, Floyd, Texas, USA
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Stanford Knox
Death Date: 30 Dec 1997
Death County: Deaf Smith
Gender: Male
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Stanford Calvin Knox
[Stanford C Knox]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 18 Mar 1915
Birth Place: Lockney Floy, Texas
Death Date: 30 Dec 1997
Father: Washington A Knox
Mother: Lilly E Cameron
Notes: Sep 1940: Name listed as STANFORD CALVIN KNOX; 09 Jan 1998: Name listed as STANFORD C KNOX
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