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CANTON - Services for Billy Jack Knowles, 73, Canton, are scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday at Eubank Funeral Home chapel, Canton, with Bro. Steve Glosup officiating.
Burial will be in Old Bethel Cemetery, Canton.
Mr. Knowles died Aug. 4, 2008, in Tyler.
He was born Feb. 9, 1935, in Tundra community to the late Elmer Jackson and Merle Beatrice Blue Knowles. He was a farmer and member of Jackson Missionary Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by a son, Jacky Ray Knowles.
Survivors include his wife of 55 years, Melva Knowles, Canton; sons, Billy Knowles, Bobby Knowles and Robert Knowles, all of Canton; daughters, Denise Phillips and Paula Dooley, both of Canton; sisters, Pat Foster, Kemp, and Becky Wallace, Canton; brothers, Douglas Mack Knowles, Overton, and Charles Knowles, Temple; 17 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and other relatives.
Family will receive friends 6-8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Published in the Tyler Morning Telegraph on 8/5/2008

Birth	9 Feb 1935	Canton, Van Zandt County, Texas
Census (family)-shared	23 Apr 1940	(Elmer Jackson Knowles and Merle Beatrice Blue) Van Zandt County, Texas
Census (family)-shared	10 Apr 1950	(Elmer Jackson Knowles and Merle Beatrice Blue) Van Zandt County, Texas
Death	4 Aug 2008	Tyler, Smith County, Texas
Burial		Old Bethel Cemetery, Phalba, Van Zandt County, Texas

Spouse	Melba Jo Brewer (1935 - )
Child	Jacky Ray Knowles (1954 - 2007)

Father	Elmer Jackson Knowles (1907 - 1963)
Mother	Merle Beatrice Blue (1911 - 1984)
Sibling	Daniel Hardy Knowles (1929 - 2005)
Sibling	Patsy Ruth Knowles (1933 - 2019)
Sibling	Living
Sibling	Charles Kenneth Knowles (1947 - 2019)
Sibling	Living

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