Michael Robbins Knox, 74, passed away Saturday, May 13, 2017, surrounded by family in Fort Worth.
Funeral: 2 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of Lucas Funeral Home, 1601 South Main St., Keller. Interment: Bourland Cemetery. Visitation: 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Michael Robbins Knox was born Feb. 16, 1943, in Fort Worth, the only child of Jasper Wendell and Willie Roberta Robbins Knox. He married the former Carole Ann Brown at North Fort Worth Baptist Church on May 29, 1965, and together reared their daughters, Katheryn and Elizabeth.
Michael graduated from Carter Riverside High School in 1961 then went on to Baylor University. While at Baylor he joined the USAF ROTC and served in the Air Force as a JAG Officer. On May 10, 2017, Michael celebrated the 50 year anniversary of his admission to the State Bar of Texas. He had many accomplishments to include being the Deputy State Master Counselor of DeMolay from 1961 to 1962 and in December 2006 swearing in to become a member of the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States in trial and tort law. However his greatest accomplishment was being a husband, father, and most of all Papa.
Michael was preceded in death by his parents.
Survivors: Wife, Carole Ann Knox; daughters, Katheryn Daniell and husband, Colton, and Elizabeth Humber and husband, Richard; grandchildren, Mallory, Macklin, Maverick, Louis, Nathan, Blake, and Sean; and a host of loving friends.