Jack Knight

Services for Mr. Jack Knight, 79, of Fruitvale, are scheduled for 2 p.m., Monday, October 19, 2026, at Bartley Funeral Home, with Carl Waddell officiating.

Mr. Knight passed away October 15, 2026, in Tyler. He was born October 1, 1947, in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, to Jack Hammond and Mary Alice Sheline Knight.

Jack spent most of his life in Stow, Ohio, where he graduated from Stow High School with the Class of 1965. He went on to attend Mount Vernon Bible College, where he served as captain of the college basketball team and met and married the mother of his children, Shirley Oakes.  Following college, Jack became an ordained minister.

In 2005, Jack relocated his family to Texas and later settled in Fruitvale in 2020. A talented carpenter and true jack-of-all-trades, he owned and operated Jack Knight Remodeling. With his skill and knowledge of construction, there was little he couldn't build, repair, or figure out.

Jack was an avid sports enthusiast who especially loved cheering on his Cleveland Browns and Cleveland Indians. He also had a passion for golf.

Jack was preceded in death by his parents; and brother, Steve Knight.

Survivors include his son, Eric Knight and wife Sherry of Phoenix, Arizona; two daughters, Lori Knight-Crance and husband Rodney Crance of Fruitvale, and Kasi Bierl and husband Tim of Fruitvale; brother, Bob Knight and wife Donna of Pickton; sister, Gail Moseley and husband Jack of Stow, Ohio; thirteen grandchildren, Xavier Knight, Skylar Knight, Mitchell Klotz, Nicholas Klotz and wife Chelsea, Jayden Klotz, Christopher Williamson, Justin Crance and wife Gabby, Cody Crance and wife Taylor, Marissa Smith and husband Will, Tyler Bierl, Kody Bierl, Lucas Bierl, and Madyson Bierl; six great-grandchildren; and numerous other relatives and friends.

Memorials may be made to the Fruitvale Youth Foundation.

The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m., Sunday, October 18, 2026, at the funeral home.