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Funeral services will be Friday, May 22, 2020, at 2 p.m. at Cherokee First Baptist Church with Pastor Neil Gordon, Town and Country Christian Church, officiating. Burial will follow in Keith Cemetery. Online condolences may be made at http://www.whartonfuneralchapel.com.

Opal Irene was born on December 5, 1923, to Alma (Ball) and George W. Knott, in Perry Oklahoma, and departed this life on Wednesday, May 22, 2020, in Alva Oklahoma, at the age of 96 years, 5 months and 15 days.

She spent her younger years in Perry, Oklahoma, and after attending college, taught school for a brief time in Avard, Oklahoma.

Miss Knott was married to Paul Fellers on October 16, 1948, in Perry, Oklahoma. They made their home on a farm southwest of Burlington, and to this union a son, Jeffery Paul Fellers, was born.

Opal was a housewife, and wrote poetry. She enjoyed painting and was a faithful helper to her husband and enjoyed being a mom to her son.

She enjoyed reading and was a member as the Driftwood Study Club. Opal was a kind considerate woman and loved to sing and take care of the farm chickens that she raised. She especially enjoyed the care she received at Beadles Nursing Home.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul; her brother, Otis; and sister, Audrey.

She leaves to mourn her passing her son, Jeff Fellers of Burlington, grandsons, Jack Fellers, brother, Joshua and his mother, Anna, of San Angelo, Texas, a nephew, Kenneth and Sue Fellers of Burlington, a niece, Cheryl Jacobs, of Yukon, and lastly a nephew, Mike Cordes, of Tonkowa, other relatives and friends.